A team of US doctors and researchers are closing in on conducting human trials on an artificial kidney that has been the decades in the making. The silicon-based device cleans and filters human blood without losing vital nutrients and amino acids, and 9,000 patients have signed up to participate in the trials. If all goes well, the bioartificial kidney could be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as early as 2020.
A team of US doctors and researchers are closing in on conducting human trials on an artificial kidney that has been 20 years in the making. The silicon-based device cleans and filters human blood without losing vital nutrients and amino acids, and 9,000 patients have signed up to participate in the trials. If all goes well, the bioartificial kidney could be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as early as 2020.