

人工肾脏研究进展这是最新的2015年11月16日星期一
A Surgically Implantable Coffee Cup Sized Artificial Kidney Has Been Developed And Has Started Initial Testing
Hundreds of thousands of people are living with end-state kidney disease, with many of them waiting for a kidney transplant. The new development of an artificial kidney that is surgically implantable, will definitely give these people hope for a future without dialysis. Shuvo Roy, PhD, bioengineer at UC San Francisco and William Fissell, MD, nephrologist at Vanderbilt University, will lead a group of researchers to conduct clinical trials on an engineered kidney.
The National Institutes of Health has received a $6 million grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). NIH will coordinate with the United States Food and Drug Administration, in order to make “The Kidney Project” a success. The team has already begun testing a coffee-cup-sized device that replicates the human kidney function.


Fissell and Roy presented the development of the engineered kidney at the American Society of Nephrology meeting, which took place November 3-8 in San Diego, California, during the Kidney Week 2015 celebration.
Kidney Failure Continues Toward Becoming an Epidemic
Obesity has become an epidemic within the United States, with population continuing to grow heavier and older, which means that high blood pressure and diabetes is on the rise, as well. These diseases are linked to end-stage renal failure, which has increased around 57% since 2000. The United States government statistics has reported that kidney failure is costing the healthcare system around $40 billion each year. This record accounts for 6% of Medicare spending, since more than 615,000 Americans are currently being treated for renal failure.
Currently there are over 430,000 Americans receiving dialysis and 100,000 of these individuals are on the kidney transplant waiting list.
The researchers hope to replicate the human kidney function, by utilizing Nano-filters, which will be more beneficial than dialysis machine filters. Unfortunately end-stage renal disease cannot be cured by any specific procedure, so the only hope these victims have is a kidney transplant.
The medical device will be placed near the kidneys and connected internally to the patient’s blood supply and bladder. The kidneys will not be removed, but they will be bypassed.
This medical device will be a permanent solution for organ transplantation scarcity and to treat ESRD successfully. If you are currently suffering from kidney failure and receiving dialysis, you should definitely continue to follow up on the development of the Kidney Project. If the researchers are successful in this new development, thousands of Americans will see a future without dialysis treatment.