Living-Cell
Dialysis Works on Dogs
A new kind of dialysis machine
using live kidney cells from pigs effectively filters blood in a test
on dogs.
References:
Humes, H.D. . . . and W.F. Weitzel. 1999. Replacement of renal function
in uremic animals with a tissue-engineered kidney. Nature Biotechnology
17(May):451.
Further Readings:
1998. Excerpts from United States Renal Data System. Annual Data
Report. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 32(Supplement 1):569.
Colton, C.K. 1999. Engineering a bioartificial kidney. Nature
Biotechnology 17(May):421.
Humes, H.D. 1997. Acute renal failure—the promise of new therapies.
New England Journal of Medicine 336(March 20):871.
Humes, H.D., et al. 1997. The bioartificial renal tubule assist device
to enhance CRRT in acute renal failure. American Journal of Kidney
Diseases 30:S28.
Thadhani, R., M. Pascual, and J.V. Bonventre. 1996. Acute renal failure.
New England Journal of Medicine 334(May 30):1448.
Sources:
Clark K. Colton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemical Engineering
Cambridge, MA 02139
William F. Weitzel
University of Michigan
3914 Taubman Center
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0364
From Science
News, Vol. 155, No. 18, May 1, 1999, p. 276.
Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
