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The Kidney Project is a national research project with a goal to create a small, surgically implanted, and free-standing bioartificial kidney to treat kidney failure. The bioartificial kidney will give kidney failure patients new hope.
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The first clinical trial will mostly likely take place at...
- Device
The implantable bioartificial kidney builds upon the...
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KidneyBuzz: Artificial Implantable Kidney Human Trials May...
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The Kidney Project team anticipates first-in-human clinical...
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Shuvo Roy, PhD Director, The Kidney Project UCSF Department...
- Chronology
Shear-dependent transport in cell bioreactor is...
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Nearly 750,000 patients per year in the United States and an...
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The Kidney Project is led by Shuvo Roy, PhD, a bioengineer...
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17 Οκτ 2024 · UCSF is recruiting for trials, including one for a new medicine for IgA nephropathy and another on kidney transplants. They also study genetic testing for polycystic kidney disease and treatments for kids with chronic kidney disease.
12 Ιουν 2023 · On June 12, The Kidney Project was awarded a $1 million Artificial Kidney Prize from KidneyX for advancing its prototype bioartificial kidney toward a full-sized, human scale, with manufacturing and ultimately clinical trials on the horizon.
29 Αυγ 2023 · Scientists at UC San Francisco are working on a new approach to treating kidney failure that could one day free people from needing dialysis or having to take harsh drugs to suppress their immune system after a transplant.
9 Σεπ 2021 · The Kidney Project’s implantable bioartificial kidney, one that promises to free kidney disease patients from dialysis machines and transplant waiting lists, took another big step toward becoming reality, earning a $650,000 prize from KidneyX for its first-ever demonstration of a functional prototype of its implantable artificial kidney.
16 Φεβ 2024 · The first clinical trial will mostly likely take place at either UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco, California) or Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, Tennessee), because this is where The Kidney Project’s leadership is located.
The Kidney Project is a national research effort based at UCSF utilizing the talents of a multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and clinicians to tackle ESRD by developing a surgically implanted, free-standing bioartificial kidney.
