Archive for the ‘Nephrology’ Category

A Promising Start to a New, Wearable, Artificial Kidney

Monday, December 17th, 2007

A newly developled articial kidney (which performs haemodialysis) which can be worn by patients with end stage kidney disease shows promise according to a recent study published in the journal, Lancet.  The device, developed by a physician in California, was tested in 8 patients in the UK for a brief ...