Nov. 4, 2004 — Editor's Note: The first human trial of a bioartificial kidney, reported in the October issue of Kidney International, suggests that this device may be life-saving for patients with ...

Scientists at UCSF are developing an implantable bioartificial kidney that houses human renal cells within a protective bioreactor The bioreactor employs silicon nanopore membranes //to shield the ...

The use of a bioartificial kidney could save the transplant population from a life of immunosuppression drugs and save costs, according to Shuvo Roy, PhD, professor of bioengineering at the University ...

Patients with kidney failure require dialysis regularly, which is an invasive and potentially risky treatment. But now researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have ...

A new study being presented at the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week 2016 at McCormick Place in Chicago is poised to revolutionize kidney failure treatment. Dutch researchers Dimitrios ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a recent editorial, Beatrice Concepcion, MD, wrote despite some challenges, transplantation “remains the ...

Investigators are getting closer to creating a functional bioartificial kidney. Investigators are getting closer to creating a functional bioartificial kidney, with advances being presented at ASN ...

A new device, now tested in humans, may help people with sudden kidney failure survive longer, a new study shows. The bioartificial kidney currently in development and its key component, called the ...

(Nanowerk News) Human proximal tubule cells (HPTCs) play a crucial role in the development of bioartificial kidneys. It is essential that these cells be able to form epithelia on the porous membrane ...

Shuvo Roy, PhD, professor of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, and his colleagues are developing “an implantable, fully functional artificial kidney.” The Kidney Project is developing an ...

Researchers have developed a key component needed to create a bioartificial kidney. The advance will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2016 November 15-20 at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. Chicago, IL ...