Oldest man ever gets a new Kidney!

[Admiral Benbow]

Dialysis whether a complication of diabetes or not is scary. Good thing this old man got a new kidney. Anyone know if artificial kidneys are coming in the future?

Markham man now holds world record as oldest kidney transplant recipient

"It is not the age of the patient that matters, it is their overall health,” Meriam Jayoma-Austria, a registered nurse with St. Michael’s Kidney Transplant program, said in a statement.

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[s'nic]

One day maybe, but not at the moment, two examples of work underway atm are

Frequently Asked Questions by Patients · The Kidney Project

1. What is the status of the bioartificial kidney? The implantable bioartificial kidney is under development, and we have not begun clinical trials. We have shown that the main functional components of the device (the hemofilter and the

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Researchers edging closer towards a ‘wearable kidney’

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh believe they are getting close to realising a wearable haemodialysis machine. Professor De Angelis and team have received funding from Kidney Research UK to help build an alternative ‘smart’ filtration system to create a miniaturised haemodialysis machine

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