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Microchip used to build a first-ever artificial kidney

February 16, 2016

Nephrologists are making major progress on a first-of-its kind device to free kidney patients from dialysis. The research team is building an implantable artificial kidney with microchip filters that also serve as a scaffold for living kidney cells.