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Model: Pmplantable Bioartificial Kidney Developed at the University of California - San Francisco

Caption: This is a model of the implantable bioartificial kidney shows the two-stage system. Thousands of nanoscale filters remove toxins from the blood, while a BioCartridge of renal tubule cells mimics the metabolic and water-balance roles of the human kidney.

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