May 7, 1999
Artificial Kidney Works Like a Natural Organ
Researchers at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor have created the first bionic kidney -- an artificial kidney that includes living kidney cells.
When it was tested with dogs whose kidneys had been surgically removed, the "bioartificial kidney" functioned well -- in some cases, as much as half as effectively as a natural kidney in removing wastes from the dogs' blood.
Dialysis -- the filtering of
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