the kidney project by gail lehman
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The Kidney ProjectNEW HOPE FOR A PERMANENT SOLUTION
End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
With more than 400,000 patients in the United States suffering from ESRD, and 100,000 more developing permanent kidney failure every year, the disease is exacting a significant toll on patients, their families, and on our health care system.
ESRD is always fatal without treatment
A kidney transplant from a live or deceased donor is still the best option for treatment, but donor organs are in extremely short supply
Dialysis is only a short-term answer; it is costly, hard on the patient physically, and very restricting
Patients and their families have long dreamed of a permanent and patient-friendly solution for the treatment of ESRD that could provide the functional benefits of a live kidney without the need for a lifetime of expensive immunosuppressant drug therapy
A Solution is in Sight
The Kidney Project
Advances in science and technology over the decades since the first kidney transplant in 1962 have made it possible to understand the functioning of the kidney sufficiently to drive development of an artificial transplant solution.
The Kidney Project has developed a compact, implantable, bio-artificial kidney that is the size of a small coffee cup
Powered by the patient’s own blood pressure
No need for external devices or immunosuppressant drugs
Multicenter, Interdisciplinary Team
The Kidney Project is spearheaded by doctors, scientists veterinarians, and engineers at universities, hospitals and companies throughout the country.
William H. Fissell, MD, Vanderbilt Center for Kidney Disease, is the medical lead
Shuvo Roy, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, is the technical lead
Efforts are being coordinated with the NIH and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, with participation in the FDA’s new expedited regulatory approval process, EAP
The primary challenge at present is the funding needed to take the device through clinical trials
Timeline
Clinical Trials to begin in 2017
First Human Trials anticipated in 2017
Clinical trials are anticipated to be completed by 2020, at which time the device would be available to patients for implant
The greatest obstacle will be funding. The Kidney Project has received almost $7 million from federal agencies in the United States for basic research and early groundwork. More donations are needed in order to commercialize the artificial kidney.
Donate NOWhttps://makeagift.ucsf.edu/site/SPageServer?pagename=A1_API_AppealGivingForm&Primary=Pharmacy&Allocation=Artificial%20Kidney%20Project&AppealCode=PKW11&AllocationCode=B2915&SchoolCode=PHA
Join the “buzz” about artificial kidney research at www.kidneybuzz.comHTTP://WWW.KIDNEYBUZZ.COM/ARTIFICIAL-KIDNEY-HOLDS-PROMISE-FOR-THOSE-AFFLICTED-WITH-ESRD/2013/4/2/ARTIFICIAL-KIDNEY-HOLDS-PROMISE-FOR-THOSE-AFFLICTED-WITH-ESRD
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