The Kidney Project - UCSF's artificial kidney

The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation got a chance to spend some time with Dr. Shuvo Roy and The Kidney Project's team this past summer and in our time together, we were able to film some more information on the project and how this "bionic" kidney will work.
Thank you to UCSF & The Kidney Project for taking the time to talk to us & the hard work they put into this game changer for kidney patients worldwide!
Please take a moment to share this video and help spread the word about this research, with every new advancement in kidney disease, dialysis and transplantation research, a little more hope becomes visible on the horizon.
*The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation is setting out to raise awareness for kidney disease, while educating the public and giving patients a place for inspiration and hope in their fight with kidney disease.
For more information on The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation visit: www.foreveristomorrow.org/ foreveristomorrowfoundation
For more information on The Kidney Project visit: kidney.ucsf.edu/ artificialkidney

[@bushraa124]

My hearty prayers for success in this research with Dr. Roy and his team.

[@ljprevo]

When this device is finish it will change so many people's lives!

[@00kidney]

I am waiting too for this news to come out.....

[@highonnightmares7423]

I really hope the machine will be ready by the time I’m 30. Because I’m so scared of dialysis

[@thisismyalias]

@@highonnightmares7423 How old are you now if I may ask?

[@girireddg1234]

@@highonnightmares7423 hi

[@MrnotniceGuy-ku2bm]

I don't think they'll release this technology to the public when its done cos not profitable for "businessmen". There ia no profit if the problem is fixed

[@abhayvajpayee297]

Sir please make it reality. Most of the people are dying day by day due to fistula failure etc. Kindly sir hurry up..

[@TFiTF]

Hi Abhay, We are actually not affiliated with "The Kidney Project" - The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation is a nonprofit organization tasked with raising awareness and for kidney disease and highlighting research in the field to try and give patients a resource to find inspiration and hope and not feel so alone. You can find out more about The Kidney Project, by going to: kidney.ucsf.edu Thanks, The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation facebook.com/foreveristomorrowfoundation

[@jashimuddin9188]

Hello sir i am from your native country Bangladesh. You know are poor so would appreciate if you can give an idea when we can expect this artificial kidney in Bangladesh within our cost range. We are proud for your achievements and like to get further help very soon.

[@fallback8314]

how do they die from fistula failure?

[@markkrok5071]

They said human trials 2017 then early 2018 nothing . So is 2019 now ? People are suffering and dying. We need a truthful answer .

[@Vincent-qh7zz]

Luis Toby Good one!

[@TFiTF]

We remain hopeful, unfortunately, the hoops that have to be jumped through for funding and trials makes it a slow process. As a lifelong kidney patient, who has had one rejected kidney, and been on dialysis the last 16 years waiting for a match, believe me, I feel your frustration, but, I am hopeful, because there is more research in kidney disease going on than ever before. Sadly, as I sit on dialysis writing this, its all about holding onto hope for what is on the horizon, someday and I hope I'll be around to see it.

[@Vincent-qh7zz]

The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation Grazie!!!

[@billgateskilledmyuncle23]

Trust me, Fresenius and DaVita are probably sending every lobbyist they can get their hands on to DC to try and stop this. The FDA is a joke, they drag their feet on everything.

[@fallback8314]

how you gonna say something dum like that? and you have the other fool saying "good one." he asked a real good question

[@michellepickering3857]

I am 24 years old with a rare CKD and a few months away from being on dialysis. This will be a huge breakthrough. I look forward to this as I have not got a chance to live

[@patrickchikwanda6892]

3 years later how is it going

[@rakhisharma4748]

Sir please make it fast ..my father is dialysis patient .huge request to you

[@TFiTF]

Hi Rakhi, We are actually not affiliated with "The Kidney Project" - The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation is a nonprofit organization tasked with raising awareness and for kidney disease and highlighting research in the field to try and give patients a resource to find inspiration and hope and not feel so alone. You can find out more about The Kidney Project, by going to: kidney.ucsf.edu Thanks, The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation facebook.com/foreveristomorrowfoundation

[@vitto40]

God speed. And our prayers to God to send him wisdom and knowledge to help guide he and his colleagues hands. God bless brother

[@mridulatiwari7108]

I too pray the same every single day

[@cintiaalcantaradearaujo8870]

From Brasil. This is a great victory for the human being. Must be for all and accessible and no burocratic. Milions of people are waiting a successfull kidney transplant. Will be perfect. Blessings the cientists.

[@krishnashishmondal4758]

l am ckd Patient.When artificial Kidney reached in India.Krishnasis Mondal.west Bengal.Thanks to Dr.Shubha Roy.

[@mridulatiwari7108]

May God stand by your side and remove all the hurdles that is slowing the process and success be yours.🙏🙏🙏

[@deltasworder1x]

I hope this technology can be finalized soon. My relatives have CKD.

[@mdsabbirhossain1875]

Thanks to Allah..and thanks all the person who makes this artificial kidney. Specially shuvo roy sir My mother is a kidney patients... She need a artificial kidney... When will come to our country Bangladesh?

[@user-ox3yh4wp2e]

my allah keep your mother. i from iraq i have kidney transplantation

[@user-sq3yj7ln7h]

This has been said for ten years, when will it come out? The patient really can't wait.

[@davidmays3333]

Can’t wait!! Please let this get done fast and safe!

[@rahulajoy]

Great work & an extraordinary invention ... I wish u all the very luck.. we all are waiting for the miracle 👍

[@TFiTF]

Hi Rahul, We are actually not affiliated with "The Kidney Project" - The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation is a nonprofit organization tasked with raising awareness and for kidney disease and highlighting research in the field to try and give patients a resource to find inspiration and hope and not feel so alone. You can find out more about The Kidney Project, by going to: kidney.ucsf.edu Thanks, The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation facebook.com/foreveristomorrowfoundation

[@franoreck]

God bless you doctor and your whole staff.

[@bobroberts4236]

This is amazing, I volunteer for trials!

[@mokkapatisriniwas7708]

I wish you success in this project. We are waiting for this device.

[@triciawatts5618]

I am excited, i dont think i could do trials due to living in jacksonville florida but i would in a heartbeat to be off of my hemo 3 days a vweek and enjoy my 40s like a normal peron would be lifechanging. Thankyou 5o the doctors dedicating their lives for us. My mother has been on the list for 10years i have been on dialysisfor 4 years

[@sasikumar9361]

Sir, I would like to know the present status of the project.

[@rajgundimi1974]

How much time to impliment? It was almost 4 yr back, Your work on this is nil progress, Try to impliment in early so that crores of ckd may live safely.

[@shradakataria9373]

Waiting eagerly for this project to start

[@yingtv29]

I hope this will be a success!

[@user-fq5im1hi1h]

This is a great project. I have been on dialysis for 10 years and have been waiting for a transplant, but I still don't know when. Or, there is no guarantee that you will receive it by the time you die. Kidney disease can be overcome whenever such a project is legislated and accessible to everyone. I want to receive it right away. Please help us so that we can implement it in Japan as soon as possible.

[@timr3023]

Not only do we need this but to find the reasons whywe have so many with kidney failure-I mean BOTH kidneys???! Why are both failing so completely. Makes little sense unless it is something we are filtering that is causing it to stop working.

[@reddy6839]

My father is waiting for this immeditely

[@srujanpranavbrothers123amma]

🙏🙏🙏 Prey to God Sucsessfully implement for people Health Purpose...

[@sanaullah1246]

Hey, My wife is suffering from CKD and currently on dialysis for the last 3 years (in Pakistan). we have no blood relation donor. So I am very tense for her. We are planning a transplant in the future. Can anyone tell me is it worth waiting for the device? please help me.

[@farhatanwar3959]

WONDERFUL,,, I CONGRATULATE YOUR SINCERE EFFORTS RATHER ENDEAVOURS,,, GOD BLESS YOU ALL. WISH YOU UTOMOST SUCCESS...

[@mrinmoykarmakar4782]

Me Speech less ....rly u r god ...

[@trevbermi1684]

How many years has these been? Starting to think they are prolonging the development.

[@TFiTF]

I don’t think they are prolonging it, it’s an ambitious project and sadly, there is not enough funding devoted to innovation in kidney disease. I do know they are actively working on it, but, to get to human trials, there are a lot of hoops that they have to jump through and the speed at which it can be completed is directly related to the amount of funding they can raise. I think we’ll see it, I just am not sure how soon it will be. But I remain hopeful, as I sit here with needles in my arm right now.

[@user-wq6px1ny1h]

My question X-Ray, MRI and CT Scan will be possible after artificial kidney transplant ?

[@olimpiosilva7074]

Nós queremos já o Rim artificial implantável sem necessidade de remédios anti rejeição! Nós agradecemos !

[@sujitsasmal7875]

The Great achievement thanks

[@ghweldon11]

I never hear them say...it will keep us alive!

[@dilumaharaj]

Sir please release it in the market very urgent ly

[@tiffanyk4800]

Proud mathematican change the medical world.....goog luck always

[@rourmiortiz2674]

Cuando estará listo eso ?

[@theofficialchriswalker2076]

How far along are you guys before people can start getting these artificial kidney transplants? I've been on dialysis now for 7 years and this will definitely change my life so thank you and God bless you and looking forward to this.

[@TFiTF]

Hi Cnote, We are actually not affiliated with "The Kidney Project" - The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation is a nonprofit organization tasked with raising awareness and for kidney disease and highlighting research in the field to try and give patients a resource to find inspiration and hope and not feel so alone. You can find out more about The Kidney Project, by going to: kidney.ucsf.edu Thanks, The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation facebook.com/foreveristomorrowfoundation

[@theofficialchriswalker2076]

The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation thank you so much and I appreciate your response.

[@dilumaharaj]

My father is suffering from kidney failure and undergoing dialysis from last 4 years

[@tateviksamuel5965]

Dr Roy, I volunteer for trials !!!

[@nithitp.8525]

I has been following for this project. hopeful you do it success soon. I pray the god to be your supporting.

[@lalathyravong247]

Amazing 👍🏽

[@cosmos7218]

Kindly share details so that I can save my cousin

[@sudershanprasad8395]

Please call me 9872306272

[@raphaelduprat]

We are in 2018. when will it finally be tested on humans?

[@TFiTF]

Hi Raphael, We are actually not affiliated with "The Kidney Project" - The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation is a nonprofit organization tasked with raising awareness and for kidney disease and highlighting research in the field to try and give patients a resource to find inspiration and hope and not feel so alone. You can find out more about The Kidney Project, by going to: kidney.ucsf.edu Thanks, The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation facebook.com/foreveristomorrowfoundation

[@anshudhiman8539]

It's 2024 and there is no Artificial Kidney

[@rajeshseth6212]

I am waiting for your device that it will become in the market then all the patient which is suffer with kidney problem they can save their life

[@user-wq6px1ny1h]

Sir i live in India and i can speak Bengali language .Sir amar ekta prasna je original Kidney rogi jemon AKD ir pore CKD patient hoye jai kintu ai artificial kidney te kono karone technical problem hoye gele to 24 hourser bhitore rogir Potassium, Phosphorus, Sodium, Creating ,S.uria, Urich acid lavel high hoye jabe aro rogi ekdine mara jabe ?

[@unmaivirumbhi57]

You must be an Indian American! Both the countries are proud of you Dr. Roy.

[@ShaanYeatAminRatul]

He is actually a Bangladeshi American!

[@Swagata456]

Hi! Dr Roy U make fool all patient. U become famous before invention. U can, nt solve blood clotting risk.

[@vitorfrazao5888]

Por favor Dr. faça o favor de nos tirar deste sofrimento da diálise, e dê-nos liberdade.

[@muhamdhasan6315]

اللهم صلي علا محمد

[@sanjivraut7745]

How long people can live with this ?

[@SalehALRiyami1976]

We are suffering from kidney failure we don't know when this will be implemented. Maybe after 10 years. By that time god knows if I will still be here or gone.me and my brothers and sisters suffering from kidney failure ... poly systic kidney disease PKD.

[@anupsharma6465]

You successfully tested bioreactor why don't you sell this to blood pressure patients this will provide extra funds for your project.

[@dilumaharaj]

Because each day hundreds of people are dieing due to kidney failure

[@matoowen7076]

WHEN ?

[@luisventura9479]

Me gustaría ser su distribuidor para centro américa y el salvador para distribuir

[@mikeperkins6749]

Never mind, I think Graphene is too toxic for the human system. I am concerned about the "Sheer" and how blood flow will work in the UCSF's artificial kidney system.

[@akshatkhanna3036]

Market me kab tak aaye gi

[@silvestrehernandez3193]

Ya pónganlo en el mercado por favor, mucha gente estamos sufriendo

[@safiyaasmal9849]

Hi Dr.Roy. I was diagnosed for ESRD in 2008.Was on hemodialysis for a year & then on peritoneal dialysis from 2009 till now.How can I sign up to for the test project?

[@chadcasinillo2841]

clinical trials in 2017 or 18..and now is 2024 and never heard it anymore.

[@reddy6839]

Please let us by when thus device will be human use?

[@johnhemond9412]

I am on dialysis and have been on for 5 years, nothing has been said about this invention, my clinic knows nothing about this. We need more information about this so I can get on the list to have this procedure done. I want to travel up to your hospital and have this done to me. I live in Ridgecrest CA.

[@sakethravuri3023]

I don't know I am skeptical about this.dont dialysis companies have a lot to lose if it comes out? I don't see any help from FDA or us govt on this..I think they will try to delay as much as possible. Follow their Facebook page the kidney project ucsf . they post updates and respond to messages

[@purnalimbu2659]

Plz provide as soon as sir💕

[@anamendes6532]

Olá sou de Portugal meu marido já fez um transplante e não deu certo já não pode fazer mais pois têm as artérias calcificadas por favor responda cuando está desponivel o rim bionico ele está em sufrimento se for para pagar eu pago diga agradeço resposta obrigado

[@girl1166]

Get to it..

[@alfredotago6984]

*I hope I'm still alive when this comes to market.*

[@swapansamaddar4183]

My father in law is dailies present weekly two times please help me

[@bittutalari8988]

Any new update this mation

[@chikku2006gmail]

Thank you

[@yogendraaayush8853]

Sir I suffering from ESRD .When it is available,?

[@kavitakumar8802]

Ya projykt na jaany kb pura hoga paach vars say my be sun ray h

[@bossmovement7374]

My mother needs a kidney could you help

[@TFiTF]

Hi Boss, We are actually not affiliated with "The Kidney Project" - The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation is a nonprofit organization tasked with raising awareness and for kidney disease and highlighting research in the field to try and give patients a resource to find inspiration and hope and not feel so alone. You can find out more about The Kidney Project, by going to: kidney.ucsf.edu Thanks, The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation facebook.com/foreveristomorrowfoundation

[@MasudRana-xh8kc]

Sir.I m from Bangladesh I want to change for my Mother kidney. after how many years we will found this kidney in Bangladesh

[@wijitalakmal7412]

wow supiri

[@eileenpires1160]

Can you be put on a list now

[@swapansamaddar4183]

My father in low kidney dialysis patients please help me

[@kavitabansal4520]

When will it come

[@TFiTF]

Hi Kavita, We are actually not affiliated with "The Kidney Project" - The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation is a nonprofit organization tasked with raising awareness and for kidney disease and highlighting research in the field to try and give patients a resource to find inspiration and hope and not feel so alone. You can find out more about The Kidney Project, by going to: kidney.ucsf.edu Thanks, The Forever is Tomorrow Foundation facebook.com/foreveristomorrowfoundation

[@itechguruvlogs]

I am ready for the clinical trials

[@eduardoalmeida7480]

Im joseph edward almeida from philipines. Im patient ckd for 5 years. I want to transplant..i cant speak english. I lost my family beacause my sick. My whife left me. Please help me. I want to transplant. I have no monney. Im poor. i use this account for my father. To tell my sickness. Please help me for my family back to me.

[@fallback8314]

she shouldn't have left you. what a bad woman

[@jazzh9996]

Imagine this will close all dialysis centers in America. DaVita will find every possible way to stop it.

[@aminebououd3987]

A Great feat . make it faster

[@santhoshkumarkj4154]

I don't think it will come in to market for another 10 years. Dialysis as become business, only in America its $100b every year, due you think pharmacy industry will allow this device to come into market. Dr Roy is working on this project for about 15 years and still says he require another 10 years.

[@rushnevile7463]

do you know when trials will start my mom needs a kidney they are giving her 3 month her only kidney completely failed plz she need this to live how long till it will be ready for human use

[@bharatbhushan8962]

My son is need of kidney , we are axiously waiting fr yr dicovery and lauch of artificial kidney. Child is under dialysis from 4 yrs. Rgds bharat

[@jonhrm7682]

Already i need it

[@hardeshkohli8638]

Sir Please make it fast I am kidney paient

[@user-fh5cb7pg4j]

স্যার, এই কিডনি অন্তর্যাতিক ভাবে বাজারে পাওয়া যাবে কবে-???

[@biplabkr.biswas6040]

kob ane bala/ If you know artificial kidney available in India as well as Fortis, C.M.C . AND APPLO.

[@rodrigopedro1350]

[@Fatmah-kc2eu]

Oh pls pls make it this happen asap..... Not to delay it pls pls need it fast too pls pls tq

[@shradakataria9373]

When will it be available

[@cargo4441]

I'm guessing about 10 more years

[@uzmashahzia2838]

So in 2022 where are you with artificial kidney

[@charlottesmith7402]

Not done yet. I'm pretty sure they are soon going to enter the clinical testing phase. It will probably be another 5 to 10 years befor made available to the general public

[@santoshs9335]

I'm on Dialysis waiting artificial kidney.

[@inuskhan5592]

Common do it fast make it come in market

[@Fatmah-kc2eu]

May i know if this artificial kidney transplant in our body.. Would the life would like normal person i. e urine flow will as normal person As my bladder doesnt function since small hence i am using catherher to flow. My urine till now.. While dialysis.. Does can use also this artificial kidney.. Does it means can flow urine flow good as i using it before doing dialysis as normal life...

[@rajyalakshmi3269]

When will it come. We are in 2020.please make it fast sir.

[@anupamaagnihotri7860]

😊

[@guetarnredhouane8030]

متى ابداء التجارب على الانسان

[@user-oz5jh9xz4r]

انا مثلك انتظر اللحظه ذي ... والدي عنده فشل كلوي 😭🙏

[@kalashnication]

Plz hurry up!

If YOU need a volunteer I am 68 years old and I am available because I have only one kidney.

[@tuanchieuanh2001]

Now is 2024

[@donaldmerrick6626]

If you need a clinical trial participant, I am available!

[@tarunchandradey9444]

When artificial kidney will be available in India market.