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Find links to key artificial & other kidney research and development projects from major medical university schools and clinics plus other medical organizations.

CDC Kidney Disease Initiative

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KIDNEY RESEARCH

The Kidney Disease Initiative at the CDC includes surveillance, epidemiology, state-based demonstration projects, and economic studies.

National Kidney Foundation

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KIDNEY RESEARCH

The National Kidney Foundation is focussed on eliminating preventable kidney disease, accelerating innovation for the dignity of the patient experience, and dismantling structural inequities in kidney care, dialysis, and transplantation.

UCLA Implantable Artificial Kidney

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KIDNEY RESEARCH

UCLA Health team patents a new, dialysis-free and waterless artificial kidney technology that will be used in portable and implantable devices.

Kidney Research Institute

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KIDNEY RESEARCH

The Kidney Research Institute is a collaboration between Northwest Kidney Centers and UW Medicine focused on developing early detection, prevention and treatment of kidney disease and its complications.

The Kidney Project

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KIDNEY RESEARCH

The Kidney Project is a national research project with a goal to create a small, surgically implanted, and free-standing bioartificial kidney to treat kidney failure.

University Kidney Research Organization

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KIDNEY RESEARCH

UKRO, an LA-based charity founded in 2002 by Kenneth Kleinberg, supports medical research in prevention, treatment, and eradication of kidney disease.

KidneyX

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KIDNEY RESEARCH

KidneyX helps accelerate innovation in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of kidney diseases.

Trestle Biotherapeutics

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KIDNEY RESEARCH

Trestle Biotherapeutics, Inc. is a preclinical stage company developing bioengineered therapies for patients living with end stage renal disease.

University of Arkansas Kidney Collaboration

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KIDNEY RESEARCH

The University of Arkansas is collaborating with Professor of Medicine and Chief of Nephrology at UCLA Health, Ira Kurtz to develop a new kidney treatment.

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