Parallel developments were already well on the way so 2017 could be the year. There are currently two separate bioartificial kidney projects in development-—at Univ. of San Francisco and at Vanderbilt.
Manufacturers and Distributors need to be properly protected from lawsuits before they can begin selling them. That requires lot of testing time and government approval. Signing a form that says “I will not sue” is no longer ironclad.
If we had proper tort reform, these things would be expedited.