northwest kidney centers

September 28, 2017

Kidney on a chip

A NASA rocket will blast off for the International Space Station carrying a UW research project called “kidney-on-a-chip.”


December 1, 2014

New dawn of dialysis

At the UW, the birthplace of kidney dialysis, a clinical trial has been approved to test the safety and effectiveness of a wearable artificial kidney. Not counting preliminary studies, it is the first human trial of its kind in the United States.