752600login-checkWith limited funding, researchers move forward on bioartificial kidneys, xenotransplants |
By Mark E. Neumann
In a recent editorial, Beatrice Concepcion, MD, wrote despite some challenges, transplantation “remains the treatment of choice for most patients with advanced kidney disease,” offering a better quality of life compared with dialysis.
Administrators of the Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease Program see kidney transplants as more cost effective compared with dialysis and encourage the option through demonstrations that are part of the Advancing American Kidney Health initiative.
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752600login-checkWith limited funding, researchers move forward on bioartificial kidneys, xenotransplants |