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artificial

adjective adulterine, artificiosus, assumed, casuistic, concocted, deceptive, ersatz, faked, false, feigned, fictitious, forged, illusory, imaginary, imagined, imitation, imitative, man-made, not natural, simulated, simulative, spurious, superficial, ungenuine, unnatural, unreal
Associated concepts: artificial boundaries, artificial ingrediints, artificial monuments, artificial person, artificial pond, artificial presumption, artificial watercourse

ARTIFICIAL. What is the result of, or relates to, the arts; opposed to natural; thus we say a corporation is an artificial person, in opposition to a natural person. Artificial accession is the uniting one property to another by art, opposed to a simple natural union. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 503.

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One component of the new artificial kidney is a silicon nanofilter to remove toxins, salts, some small molecules, and water from the blood.

Nanotechnology Advances Could Pave Way for Implantable Artificial Kidney

IAKC is solely involved in the research and development of a fully functional implantable artificial kidney.

Implantable Artificial Kidney Corporation Seals Deal for 500K Funding

are to build a new plant to manufacture artificial kidneys at Toray Medical (Qingdao) Co.

Toray to Build New Artificial Kidney Plant in China

We believe that the Wearable Artificial Kidney will not only reduce the mortality and misery of dialysis patients, but will also result in significant reduction in the cost of providing viable health care," said Dr Victor Gura, who heads the US team at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Dialysis to go

The artificial kidney is actually a miniature dialysis machine which can be worn by patients, according to new research to be published soon in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Artificial kidney to replace dialysis

Kolff developed the first successful artificial kidney in 1945 by saving the first patient.

Kolff--in memoriam

Asahi Kasei to triple output of artificial kidney devices

Kyodo economic news summary -7-

In effect, it is an artificial kidney and its work, done on average three times a week, keeps the patient alive and in tolerably good health.

The Father of Dialysis. (Reviews)

This is first time, he says, that an artificial kidney fashioned from cells and biocompatible materials has produced what seems to be urine.

Transplant triumph: cloned cow kidneys thrive for months. (Science News This Week)

Hemodialysis requires that the patient be connected to an artificial kidney machine three times per week, for approximately four hours per session.

Polyurethanes in vascular grafts

In hemodialysis, an artificial kidney (hemodialyzer) is used to get waste and extra chemicals and fluid out of your blood.