Competitions like the Kidney X Prize have spurred interest, but the payoffs aren’t lucrative enough to overcome the expensive hurdles in bringing a better dialysis machine to market. Himmelfarb knows ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - There is new research that could help those waiting for a kidney transplant. Dialysis is a process that filters the blood in those living with kidney disease because the kidneys ...

Jay Donald Lasher (1929-2022) was a surgeon who served in the U.S. Navy, and then practiced in Erie, Pa. along with his father and brother. He was especially interested in kidneys and dialysis and ...

Dialysis is typically performed in a hospital or clinical dialysis center, where a patient’s blood is drawn through an access point, filtered through a dialysis machine, and then returned to the body.