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The Solution: An Implantable Artificial Kidney. Dr. William H. Fissell of Vanderbilt University holds a prototype artificial kidney cartridge. Treating patients with hemodialysis is costing us a fortune and leaving us sick. To answer this need, since 1998 we have worked to create an implantable artificial kidney.
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14 Μαρ 2023 · Fissell, a nephrologist and associate professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, reports that the team’s bioartificial kidney is proving viable in preclinical trials – a medical first. This soda-can-sized implantable device was designed to carry out the primary functions of a natural kidney.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center nephrologist and Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. William H. Fissell IV, is making major progress on a first-of-its kind device to free kidney patients from dialysis. He is building an implantable artificial kidney with microchip filters and living kidney cells that will be powered by a patient’s own heart.
The implantable artificial kidney uses human kidney cells from organs donated for transplantation, but which were later found to be unusable due to scarring. We culture regenerated cells from these failed transplants.
15 Φεβ 2016 · Vanderbilt University Medical Center nephrologist and Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. William H. Fissell IV, is making major progress on a first-of-its kind device to free kidney patients from dialysis. He is building an implantable artificial kidney with microchip filters and living kidney cells that will be powered by a patient’s own heart. We are creating […]
Loss of the von Hippel Lindau gene uniquely affects kidney cancer by upregulating a tumor-friendly chemokine. The Kidney Project team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is underway on developing an artifical kidney for implant.
25 Απρ 2023 · To create a bioartificial kidney, Vanderbilt University Medical Center's William H. Fissel, M.D., honed its function down a single essential task: concentrating wastes from blood into urine.
