A patient with end-stage kidney disease successfully received a genetically engineered porcine kidney and was released from the hospital in February, according to biotech firm eGenesis.

[5,6,7] Although the idea of a wearable artificial kidney (WAK) is not new, it is only the advent of nanotechnology and miniaturization that has made the vital qualities of efficiency and safety ...

It will also, its developers hope, wash out the metabolic poisons from the blood of as many as 15 kidney-disease victims at once. 12-Hour Treatments. Nowhere has the artificial kidney received ...

Advanced CKD was linked to a higher likelihood of both fatal and non-fatal adverse outcomes after acute myocardial infarction treatment. Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (ACKD) with acute ...

Kidney failure affects millions worldwide ... “This is the first time nanotechnology has been applied this successfully to artificial organs. It’s rewarding to think this might help dialysis ...