BTW, the Kidney Project has been taken up in a big way by the recently crowned Miss Maryland USA, Adrianna David. You can watch her talking about the Kidney Project HERE.
Might want to check out Transvivo, Inc. They rented office space from us for a number of years until they were ready to start field trials on their artificial kidney.
When that occurred, they moved down to Richmond, CA to be near the UC Field Station.
Oddly enough, what with a Gorsuch being the likely nominee for the SCOTUS today, the guy behind Transvivo was a fellow by the name of Ray Gorsuch.
This is most encouraging. I lost my left kidney to a benign tumor a few years ago so the urologist keeps a close watch on the remaining kidney and its function. Good to know there may be an alternative to dialysis should the remaining kidney have a problem.
“”The device will perform most of the biological functions of the human kidney in producing hormone, controlling blood pressure and blood purification,” he said.”
I’m sorry, but the above will happen about the time flying cars are used by the majority of daily job commuters.
I’m very skeptical that this will work.
Here’s another one https://www.ciscrp.org/our-programs/search-clinical-trials/. Might be better.
Also see: http://pharm.ucsf.edu/kidney
If all else fails, go to UCSF’s website, look up Shuvo Roy’s webpage there and call him or send him an e-mail. Best wishes for your BIL.
Shuvo Roy , PhD Download VCard UCSF Profile Title Professor DepartmentP_Bioengineering EmailShuvo.Roy@ucsf.edu Campus Address Box 2520 1700 4th Street, 203A San Francisco, CA 94158 Phone(415) 514-9666 Other Phone Numbers Fax (415) 514-9656
There are also teams working on creating real kidneys using stem cells and collagen scaffolds.
Has he tried the pig pancreas operation? Heard that has some good possibilities.
This would be tremendous! My little 10 yr old great nephew lost a kidney to a Wilms tumor 5 years ago, and the subsequent chemo and treatments have done some damage to his remaining kidney. Being able to replace one, or both, if need be would be fabulous!