November 2, 2004 - The first test in humans of a bioartificial kidney offers hope of the device's potential to save the lives of people with acute renal failure, researchers at the University of Michigan Health System report. Press release via EurekAlert.

Here is the November 2004 update on the bioartificial kidney device invented by Dr. Humes that is being clinically evaluated for treatment of patients in acute renal failure.

The device helped lengthen life for 6 severely ill patients. Article from WebMD. Another article from the BBC.

July 1, 2003 - Hybrid devices that are part machine, part living cells, offer new hope to patients for whom purely artificial treatments like dialysis aren't good enough. Article from Technologyreview.com. (link is no longer available)

May 30, 2003 - Four University of Michigan research teams received $7.28 million of funding from the Michigan Life Sciences Corridor in grants announced Wednesday by the state of Michigan. One of these physicians, H. David Humes, a professor of internal medicine at the U-M Medical School, will be using a $1.4 million corridor grant to test a new therapy for patients with chronic kidney failure who dialyze three times a week. Press release from AScribe.org.

January 22, 2003 - The February 2003 issue of the Journal of American Society of Nephrology (JASN) contains a paper on the use of bioartificial kidneys for gram-negative bacteria-induced septic shock in uremic animals.

"Bioartificial Kidney Ameliorates Gram-Negative Bacteria-Induced Septic Shock in Uremic Animals" - abstract from JASN


January 22, 2002 - Here is the abstract of the most recent paper on the bioartificial kidney being developed at the University of Michigan:

"Bioartificial Kidney Alters Cytokine Response and Hemodynamics in Endotoxin-Challenged Uremic Animals" - abstract from Blood Purification (link is no longer available)


Here is a page of Frequently Asked Questions about the bioartificial kidney under development in Michigan.

Here is a PubMED search results for "bioartificial kidney" from the National Library of Medicine.

November 5, 2001 - This story from the Ann Arbor News provides an update on the development of a bio-artificial kidney at the University of Michigan. (link is no longer available)

Here are the web pages from the University of Michigan Medical School on Dr. Humes' research.

July 1999 - Fresenius Medical Care North America announced a joint venture between FMC's Renal Research Institute (RRI) and the University of Michigan.

Here is the Renal Research Institute web site. The University of Michigan Nephrology Department is where Dr. David Humes is developing the Bioartificial Kidney that has been in the news lately.

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