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 ...

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 ...

Scientists at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) are working on a new approach to treating kidney failure that could one day free people from needing dialysis or taking drugs to ...

The device replicates many functions of healthy kidneys and patients using it will not require immunosuppression drugs. People with kidney failure can soon look forward to a future without dialysis or ...

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 ...

The American Society of Nephrology and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are offering $10.5 million for a new prize competition from the Kidney Innovation Accelerator. Phase 2 of the ...

A pioneering implantable artificial kidney developed jointly by teams of researchers at Cleveland Clinic, the University of California at San Francisco, and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is ...

Here, the research team assessed the safety of conditionally immortalized proximal tubule epithelial cells for bioartificial kidney application, by using in vitro assays and athymic nude rats. They ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The first test in humans of a bioartificial kidney offers hope of the device's potential to save the lives of people with acute renal failure, researchers at the University of ...

Nearly 90,000 patients in the United States are waiting for a lifesaving kidney transplant, yet only about 25,000 kidney transplants were performed last year. Thousands die each year while they wait.

Our most-read coverage of American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2023 highlighted discussions on the challenges of medication dose adjustments in chronic kidney disease, the impact of LGBTQ+ ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HHS and the American Society of Nephrology launched a new KidneyX prize that began accepting submissions on Aug.