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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... 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

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