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Roy unveils model of bioartificial kidney
By UCSF School of Pharmacy Editorial Staff / Fri Sep 3, 2010
The model for a surgically implantable bioartificial kidney the size of a coffee cup has been unveiled by the national project's lead researcher, Shuvo Roy, PhD, a member of the UCSF Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences. The device is intended to give patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) the health benefits of a kidney transplant while addressing the limited number of donors. Unlike dialysis, which is a short-term treatment for ESRD patients, tethering them to equipment for long periods of time, the new implantable device is being designed as a long-term solution and is a free-standing implant requiring no hook ups to external machines, and no pumps or batteries.
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UCSF unveils model for implantable artificial kidney to replace dialysis8
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Media coverage
Interviews
- PBS Newshour: For Scientists, Collaborative Efforts Could Speed Medical Advances10
- KQED Quest11
- [KTVU Ch. 2][link defunct]
- ABC 7, KGO-TV: Artificial kidneys may replace dialysis treatments12
- [Technology Review][link defunct]
National coverage
- UCSF unveils model for implantable artificial kidney to replace dialysis - 09/02/2010 - PhysOrg.com13
- UCSF Unveils Model for Implantable Artificial Kidney to Replace Dialysis - 09/02/2010 - Earthtimes.org
- Researchers Hope to Shrink Room-sized Artificial Kidney, Make Implantable Device - 09/07/2010 - DailyTech.com14
- UCSF unveils model for implantable artificial kidney to replace dialysis - 09/02/2010 - R&D Magazine] [link defunct]
- UCSF unveils model for implantable artificial kidney to replace dialysis, Scientific Computing - 09/02/2010 - Scientific Computing & Instrumentation [link defunct]
- UCSF Unveils Model For Implantable Artificial Kidney To Replace Dialysis15 - 09/02/2010 - Chem.Info
- Building an Implantable Artificial Kidney - 09/09/2010 - Nanotechnology Now16
- [Artificial kidney prototype unveiled - 09/02/2010 - UC Newsroom] [link defunct]
- UCSF unveils model for implantable artificial kidney to replace dialysis17 - 09/02/2010 - NewsGuide
- UCSF unveils model for implantable artificial kidney to replace dialysis - 09/02/2010 - e! Science News18
- UCSF unveils model for implantable artificial kidney to replace dialysis - 09/02/2010 - Next Big Future19
- [Implantable artificial kidney set to make dialysis history - 09/03/2010 - Smashits.com][link defunct]
- [Scientists show off a model of an implantable artificial kidney. Can it replace dialysis? - 09/03/2010 - Smart Planet][link defunct]
- UCSF debuts latest try at artificial kidney (Morning Read) - 09/03/2010 - MedCity News - Online20
- UCSF Unveils Model for Implantable Artificial Kidney to Replace Dialysis - 09/03/2010 - Benzinga.com21
- [Are the days of kidney dialysis numbered? - 09/03/2010 - CNET News.com][link defunct]
- Researchers Announce First Implantable Artificial Kidney Prototype - 09/03/2010 - Popular Science - Online22
- Artificial Kidneys For Off World Settlers - 09/07/2010 - Colony Worlds23
- [Man-made kidney could do away with dialysis, donor organs - 09/07/2010 - Smashits.com][link defunct]
- Implantable Artificial Kidney Research Aims to Replace Dialysis - 09/07/2010 - Med Health World24
- Researchers Plan to Build the World's First Implantable, Mechanical Kidney - 09/09/2010 - Discover25
International coverage
- [Malaysia News.net][link defunct]
- Daily Mail (UK)26
- [iGovernment (UK)][link defunct]
- Gizmodo (AU)27
- Daily Tech28
- OneIndia (ANI wire story)29
- [News Track India (ANI)][link defunct]
- MedGadget blog30
- Nanotech Now31
- Forschern gelingt Konstruktion von künstlicher, implantierbarer Niere32
- Aiming to Replace Dialysis33
- Surge primer prototipo de riñón artificial Implantable.34
- Rim artificial implantável promete acabar com hemodiálise35
- [Prensa Latina Las Vegas: link defunct]
- http://www.membrana.ru/lenta/?10761 [link defunct]
- Americans show prototype implantable artificial kidney [link defunct]
- Usa: stop dialisi, arriva il primo rene artificiale impiantabile36
- Rinichiul artificial implantabil, la un pas de realizare37
- Sukurtas pirmas implantuojamas dirbtinio inksto prototipas38
- 首个植入人工肾脏的工作模式公布39
- [zn,ua: link defunct]
- Implantierbare Kunstniere soll Dialyse ersetzen40
- Создана первая в мире почка-имплантант41
- Researchers unveil prototype implantable artificial kidney to replace dialysis42
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Topics:
end-stage renal disease (ESRD)43, kidney failure44, dialysis45, kidney transplant46, filtration47, blood48, video49, bioreactor50, silicon51, implant52, bioartificial kidney53, nanotechnology54, membrane55, animation56, implantable57
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