they perfm some of the same functis as a healthy kidney, including.ecause of that ability, resechers believe the implantable device could fe patients from dialysis but treat them in ways that traditional dialysis machines do not. >> so long as it filters all the blood in the body and then the chemistry levels in the body. so what away do with dialysis, we do the filtration part and we can't fine-tune the chemistry levelsery well. >> he is a professor of medicine at ucsf. they can experience a vaety of sympms and some use drugs normally handled by the kidneys >> the most significant thing we would be able to adjust the chemistry level l the time. that should make them a lot better. >> unlike the mockup in his lab, he ss the implantable model would work with the body's natural blood pressure inead of a pump and it could theoreticay be implanted for the long term. >> we ha to do a lot more testinbut the lab experiments. >> potentially providing a breakthrough for dialysis,. >> all the things are very difficult and very expensive but they are cheaper than