Dialysis requires hours of being tethered to a machine like the one below, but a new urea sorbent could accelerate development of a wearable artificial kidney

Taking steps toward a wearable artificial kidney

By American Chemical Society —— Bio and Archives--October 17, 2018

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There just aren't enough kidney transplants available for the millions of people with renal failure. Aside from a transplant, the only alternative for patients is to undergo regular dialysis sessions to clear harmful cellular waste from their bodies. Now, scientists report in ACS Nano a new urea sorbent that could accelerate progress toward the development of a lightweight, wearable artificial kidney with the potential to make dialysis more convenient, comfortable and effective.

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