Sunday, February 3, 2013

Kidneys (or a derivative thereof) will be manufactured and used on a large scale in order to carry out filtration of water and/or other fluids. Such human-based kidneys will need relatively little energy and other inputs, while cleaning large volumes of fluids.


2 comments:

  1. So it's going to be true after all.

    Device keeps liver "alive" outside body in medical first
    http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/15/us-liver-device-transplant-idUSBRE92E0SI20130315

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  2. It's going even more true now.

    Scientists make 'laboratory-grown' kidney, BBC, 14-Apr-13
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22123386

    "A kidney "grown" in the laboratory has been transplanted into animals where it started to produce urine, US scientists say."

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