A member asked:

Is it possible, maybe in the future.. to make a working kidney of graphene, to clean the blood like a transplanted kidney...

A doctor has provided 1 answer
Dr. Amy Friedman answered

Specializes in Transplant Surgery

Future is unknown: Your specific question about graphene is not one of current, heavy research but we never know about the future. However, we do have working artificial kidneys now - this is dialysis. Current technology uses artificial membranes to filter the blood, leaving the good stuff in and filtering out the bad stuff. But a transplanted kidney does this much better without hooking up to a machine.

Answered 3/14/2013

5.3k views

Thank

Related Questions

Sponsored Content
HealthTap Medical Group does not endorse products or services. Sponsored content revenues support our mission to make health information free and accessible to all.Learn more