More than 2 million people worldwide with kidney failure require chronic dialysis. Longer, more frequent dialysis would offer better outcomes, but current dialysis machines aren’t portable. “As a physician who cares for patients with kidney disease, it is my hope that in the future we have something better to offer than we do today for dialysis therapy,” Dr. Jonathan Himmelfarb from the University of Washington in Seattle told Reuters Health.

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Wearable artificial kidney offers hope for dialysis patients