The American Kidney Fund says right now 1 in 7 American adults have kidney disease — and that number is growing.
Kidney dialysis can be disruptive in a patient's life. Just ask Kristal Higgins of Mississippi. She's been on dialysis for all 13 years of her daughter's life.
Now there is something that could potentially disrupt the kidney dialysis and transplant process: An implantable bio-artificial kidney. The device is powered by blood pressure and is still in the very early stages. It's been proven to work in a pig. Now researchers are focused on scaling the process up to human size and function."Everybody agrees this is a big problem. Everybody agrees something has to be done." said Roy.
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