artificial kidney

UCSF features expertise in kidney care and work on artificial kidney

Fri Mar 13, 2020

An illustration of the kidneys inside the body.

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Kidney disease affects more than 37 million Americans.

A team of kidney experts talk about kidney disease and share their hopes for the future.

Implantable bioartificial kidney achieves preclinical milestone

Thu Nov 7, 2019

Elisabeth Fall

Shuvo Roy, PhD

Scientists implanted a prototype kidney bioreactor in large animals without significant safety concerns.

The Kidney Project and the bioartificial pancreas: When inspiration strikes twice

Wed Sep 26, 2018

Roy holds a silicon filter used in his artificial kidney prototype.

Shuvo Roy, PhD, is trying to make the same type of silicon filter that powers his artificial kidney work in an artificial pancreas.

Inspiration can be a hard thing to find. The history of science is filled with elusive “eureka moments” taking place under unlikely circumstances—Archimedes’ jump in a bath to intuit displacement, Issac Newton’s observation of a falling apple to grasp gravity, and Nikola Tesla’s inspiration for the...

Implantable Artificial Kidney Moves Closer to Reality

Mon Nov 13, 2017

Silicon isn’t just for computers. It can make a pretty good kidney, too.

Mon Oct 9, 2017

Wired magazine visits The Kidney Project

Fri Oct 6, 2017

Elisabeth Fall

Shuvo Roy, PhD, and researcher Anusree Oruganti.

Kidney failure is a debilitating and ultimately deadly illness, and a health policy crisis. With 468,000 people on dialysis in the U.S., costing the government $31 billion dollars a year, very little money is spent on researching alternatives to current treatments.

Hey, John Oliver: This bionic kidney could do away with dialysis entirely

Thu May 18, 2017

Bioartificial Kidney: The Next Frontier in ESRD Treatment?

Thu Nov 5, 2015

Major funding for The Kidney Project from NIBIB Quantum Program

Tue Nov 3, 2015

Elisabeth Fall

Bioartificial kidney prototype and components.

The research journey toward building a fully functioning, surgically implantable artificial kidney as an alternative to kidney transplant and dialysis just took another step forward with the announcement of a $6 million grant to The Kidney Project, headquartered at the UCSF School of Pharmacy.

Feature articles shine spotlight on Kidney Project

Fri Apr 26, 2013

Shuvo Roy, PhD, with silicon wafer and bioartificial kidney model

The San Francisco Chronicle and the Bay Area News Group, which includes the San Jose Mercury News and Oakland Tribune, have published feature articles this week focused on The Kidney Project, an effort to develop the first implantable bioartificial kidney to treat end-stage renal disease.

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