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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

artificial kidney see kidney, artificial .

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	Japan Chemical Firm Asahi Kasei to Triple Output of Artificial Kidney Devices. Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 10/23/2003; 249 words ; ... its global production of artificial kidney devices used for dialysis ... that works in place of the kidney to filter blood. Asahi Kasei ... is Japan's top maker of artificial kidneys and one of the world's top ... makers. To see more of Kyodo News International, go to http ... kyodonews.com ... Read more
	Artificial kidney shows promise for critically ill The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 4/26/2008; THOMAS H. MAUGH II, LOS ANGELES TIMES NEWS SERVICE; 291 words ; Artificial kidney shows promise for critically ill -- New treatment ... By THOMAS H. MAUGH II, LOS ANGELES TIMES NEWS SERVICE Date: 04-26-2008, Saturday Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions An experimental artificial kidney that incorporates living cells shows great promise in reducing ... Read more
	Toray to Launch Polysulfone Membrane Artificial Kidney Business in 2005 JCNN News Summaries - Japan Corporate News Network; 11/10/2004; Aki Tsukioka; 105 words ; Toray announced November 9 that it will enter the artificial kidney business using by summer 2005. Currently, the company is developing a high-performance polysulfone membrane dialyzer (dry- type ... Read more
	Gambro plans restart of U.S. manufacturing.(Gambro AB to resume production of the artificial kidney devices in the United States) Plastics News; 5/8/2006; Lauzon, Michael; 421 words ; ... plant, Gambro AB has begun plans to resume production of the artificial kidney devices in the United States. Gambro broke ground May 3 ... dialyzers: hollow, fiber-filled filters that act as a human kidney during hemodialysis. Dialyzers are composed of an injection ... Sweden, closed a 20-press injection ... Read more
	Roth guided early tests on artificial kidney The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 8/25/2003; DON BEHM; 612 words ; Roth guided early tests on artificial kidney By DON BEHM dbehm@journalsentinel ... first clinical tests of a portable, artificial kidney -- a device now used by nearly a ... each year, said Richard Stewart, an artificial kidney designer and retired chairman of ... Read more
	Evidence weak that obesity protects against CKD: the decrease in mortality that was seen at higher BMI levels is probably an 'artificial decrease.'.(Nephrology)(chronic kidney disease)(body mass index)(Clinical report) Internal Medicine News; 1/15/2007; Ault, Alicia; 719 words ; Two new studies offer hints that obesity might have a protective effect in patients who have chronic kidney disease or are at high risk for such disease. But the data are not robust enough to establish that obesity ... stage renal disease, but less is known about how excess weight affects patients at high risk of chronic ... Read more
	Nipro Releases Artificial Kidney Dialysis Machine in Overseas Markets JCNN News Summaries - Japan Corporate News Network; 4/17/2007; Aki Tsukioka; 61 words ; Tokyo, Apr 17, 2007 - (JCN) - Nipro, a manufacturer of artificial kidney dialyzer which holds 50 percent of share domestically ... with Nikkiso, announced on April 13 the release of its artificial kidney dialyzer for overseas. Nipro has already established a ... Read more
	An artificial amino acid, 4-iodo-L-meta-tyrosine: Biodistribution and excretion via kidney The Journal of Nuclear Medicine; 4/1/2003; Shikano, Naoto; Kawai, Keiichi; Flores, Leo Garcia II; Nishii, Ryuichi; Et al; 1693 words ; ... accumulation in the pancreas and kidney and comparable brain uptake ... and ^sup 125^I-IMT in the kidney as well as urinary excretion ... 1% of the total present in kidney and >96.3% in urine. Protein ... phosphates. Conclusion: The artificial amino acid 4-^sup 125^I-mTyr ... Words: amino acid ... Read more
	Artificial kidneys created.(News) The Mirror (London, England); 6/3/2002; 131 words ; Byline: JILL PALMER SCIENTISTS have created artificial kidneys from the cells of cloned cow embryos. Planted into the ... tissue from human stem cells. As well as functioning kidneys, the scientists also produced heart and skeletal muscle ... Read more
	The Kolff artificial kidney The Journal of Perioperative Practice; 8/1/2007; Ellis, Harold; 453 words ; ... initiated by a young Dutch physician during the Nazi occupation of his country, is a fascinating story. KEYWORDS Artificial heart, Intra-aortic balloon, Renal dialysis, Uraemia,Willem Kolff Introduction Willem Kolff was born in 1911 in ... breathing improved. After 12 consecutive treatments she ran out of suitable ... Read more

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