Jan 8, 2020
This Artificial Kidney Eliminates The Need For Kidney Dialysis
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, computing
If this works that would be awesome.
It is estimated by The National Kidney Foundation that over 100,000 patients are on the waiting list for kidney donors. A further 3,000 names are added to the list every year. An average patient has to wait for 3.6 years for a viable transplant. The patients are treated with dialysis while they are waiting for a transplant and only one in three patients survive for more than five years without a transplant. All that could change as scientists have developed the world’s first artificial kidney.
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