1, blood purification technology, kidney washer:
It is divided into traditional hemodialysis machine and wearable artificial kidney.
The traditional hemodialysis machine is fixed in hospital, which is the mainstream application in China at present. Its dialysis cycle is short and its relative cost is high.
Prototype of Wearable Artificial Kidney (WAK): A joint research team composed of Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and UCLA School of Medicine was developed in 2009, and Victor Gula is one of the core experts. In contrast, wearable artificial kidney is light in weight, small in size and convenient to carry, but it is still in the research and development stage, and the mass production time of specific commercial products is unknown. Objectively speaking, this intelligence is a portable hemodialysis machine.
2, biological culture technology, artificial kidney:
Organovo Company released this technology on April 20 15 1 day. Because this technology is so advanced, the selected release time makes many people think it is an April Fool's joke.
They use 3D printing technology, 3D bio-printing whole-cell kidney tissue, which is said to be able to cultivate a complete kidney and replace diseased tissue.
This is a technical cooperation between the United States and Australia, jointly developed by Uniquest, a commercial company under the University of Queensland, and Organovo in San Diego.
3, the same as 2, or biological printing technology:
Jenifer lewis, a material scientist and bioengineering professor at Harvard University, released the latest progress. The proximal tubule of human kidney is made by 3D printing technology, which can be used to help patients with impaired renal function in vitro and to test the toxicity of new drugs in drug research and development. It is expected to cultivate a transplantable kidney in the future.
Note that the above two technologies are in the research and development stage. In fact, the cycle of clinical demonstration will far exceed our expectations, and when it will be put into practice is still unknown. It should take a lot of time and luck when the transplantable artificial kidney we are most looking forward to can be cultivated and used in clinic.
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