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Study finds kidney dialysis profit status may influence timeline for receiving transplant
6 days ago
Patients with end-stage kidney disease who receive dialysis at for-profit dialysis centers are less likely to receive a…
Hydration sensor could improve dialysis
July 26, 2019 
For patients with kidney failure who need dialysis, removing fluid at the correct rate and stopping at the…
Gravity of dialysis treatment appears to elude many patients
July 10, 2019
New research suggests that people who undergo dialysis treatment for end-stage kidney disease tend to be overly optimistic…
Engineers and physicians use big data analytics to improve dialysis drug dosing
June 13, 2019
Kidney disease affects approximately 30 million Americans. About 650,000 of these individuals – including nearly 15,000 Virginians –…
Dialysis Dilemmas
April 30, 2019
Older adults with end-stage kidney disease who start dialysis—a treatment that keeps their blood free of toxins—appear to…
2 therapies found to help dialysis patients with depression
February 26, 2019
For almost 50 years, hemodialysis has extended lives of people with chronic kidney disease. But when a patient…
End-of-life care is aggressive for amputees on dialysis
February 25, 2019
Nearly one in 10 patients with end-stage kidney failure undergoes toe, foot, or leg amputation in their last…
HHS announces $2.6 million in prizes to redesign dialysis as part of KidneyX
November 5, 2018
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) have committed…
Stamp-sized graphene sheets riddled with holes could be boon for molecular separation
October 10, 2018
MIT engineers have found a way to directly “pinprick” microscopic holes into graphene as the material is grown…
Heroin use in Pacific Northwest linked to incurable kidney disease
June 21, 2018
A new UW Medicine study strongly associates the use of intravenous heroin – in particular the black tar…
Many kidney-failure patients must halt dialysis to receive hospice care
May 3, 2018
As they approach the end of their lives, many patients with end-stage renal disease face a harrowing choice:…
Scientists produce dialysis membrane made from graphene
June 29, 2017
Dialysis, in the most general sense, is the process by which molecules filter out of one solution, by…
Patient trial validates Wearable Artificial Kidney concept
June 3, 2016 
The results of an exploratory clinical trial indicate that a wearable artifical kidney could be developed as a viable, new…
Update: Bioengineered blood vessel is safe for dialysis patients
May 16, 2016
A Yale scientist collaborated with researchers at Duke University and surgeons in Poland and the United States to…
Bioengineered Blood Vessel Appears Safe for Dialysis Patients
May 14, 2016
Man-made blood vessels developed by researchers at Duke University, Yale University and the tissue engineering company Humacyte appear…
World’s first low cost dialysis unveiled
March 11, 2016
It’s an invention that could save millions of lives each year and transform the way kidney disease is…
Dr. William Fissell’s Artificial Kidney
February 16, 2016
Vanderbilt University Medical Center nephrologist and Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. William H. Fissell IV, is making major progress…
$6.7M project aims to improve dialysis care
October 15, 2015
Helping kidney dialysis patients have healthier treatment sessions and longer lives is the goal of a new $6.7…
How rocket science may improve kidney dialysis
March 17, 2015
Software from the aerospace industry has allowed an interdisciplinary team of UK researchers to design Arterio-Venous Fistulae with…
Blood-cleansing “Artificial Spleen” Technology Could Increase Survival Odds for Future Sepsis Patients
September 16, 2014
Sepsis—a life-threatening over-reaction by the immune system to infection—afflicts 18 million people a year worldwide and kills between…
Bioprinting a 3D Liver-Like Device to Detoxify the Blood
May 14, 2014
Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a 3D-printed device inspired by the liver to…
Surgeons at Duke University Hospital Implant Bioengineered Vein
June 7, 2013
Kidney dialysis patient first in U.S. to receive blood vessel grown in laboratory In a first-of-its-kind operation in…
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February 5, 2017 - Early Data Show Potential for Investigational Bioengineered Vessel as Dialysis Graft
November 22, 2013 - Harvard Stem Cell researchers create cells that line blood vessels
August 23, 2013 - Iron Dosing Tricky for Dialysis Patients: Study
June 25, 2013 - Artificial Kidney Holds Promise for Vast Majority on Dialysis
March 26, 2013
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