A University of California Los Angeles/Cedars Sinai Medical Center nephrologist has invented a portable device that could provide dialysis for end-stage renal disease patients. The technology Victor Gura designed is called the wearable artificial kidney (WAK) and could offer new hope for hemodialysis patients. Gura founded Blood Purification Technologies Inc. (Beverly Hills, Calif.), a private company, to get the product to market. Read More
