Dialysis

In-Home Kidney Machine Offers Excellent Clinical Results

Published in Blood Weekly, August 3rd, 2000

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved the testing of a new artificial kidney machine co-developed by Zbylut J. Twardowski, MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri School of Medicine.

By definition, hemodialysis is a process that requires the removal of contaminated blood, which is then purified through semi-permeable membranes. Vital substances, which were absent, are then added and the healthy blood is returned to the patient.

Early attempts of daily hemodialysis failed because dialysis facilities lacked the necessary equipment needed to perform such a task. Twardowski realized that daily home hemodialysis...

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