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	Podcast:		Should This Exist?
	Episode:		The promise of a bioartificial kidney
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:34:02
	Publish Date:		2020-12-02 10:00:00
	Description:		UCSF bioengineer Shuvo Roy and his team have created the world’s first bionic kidney. The coffee-cup-sized device includes a silicon nanotechnology filter to cleanse the blood, while living kidney cells grown in a bioreactor perform the other functions of a natural kidney. A bioartificial kidney could save kidney patients from being stuck on a dialysis machine for life – or dying while waiting for a rare transplant. But is the promise of such a life-changing device enough to convince investors to bring such a thing to market? We talk through the ethics of artificial organs. Get the Should This Exist? newsletter! Discussion questions, reading list, more: http://eepurl.com/gnZTf9 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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