LOUISVILLE––Victor Gura is a nephrologist turned inventor. He can give you a fascinating review of progress on his project, the wearable artificial kidney. But equally of interest is the story about the patients who tested the device––and the nurse who patiently lead them through it. Last week, Gura gave his second talk in the past […]

Vanderbilt University Medical Center nephrologist and associate professor of medicine William H. Fissell IV, MD, is making major progress on an implantable artificial kidney. The device uses microchip filters and living kidney cells that will be powered by a patient’s own heart. Fissell has been working on the implantable artificial kidney for more than a

Waltham, Mass.-based Fresenius Medical Care North America announced Wednesday it has renamed its dialysis service division “Fresenius Kidney Care” to highlight its focus on the kidney care it provides at more than 2,200 dialysis centers around the country. “We created this name to better communicate our approach to helping people with kidney disease thrive and