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New Pediatric ICU Opens to Serve East Bay Children

The 20,000-square-foot facility, located on the second floor of the main hospital building, is the latest milestone in UCSF’s ongoing investment to expand and enhance services in the 109-year-old Oakland hospital for children in Oakland and the greater Bay Area. 

two staff members work in the a ICU room

The Kidney Project Successfully Tests a Prototype Bioartificial Kidney

The Kidney Project’s implantable bioartificial kidney, one that promises to free kidney disease patients from dialysis machines and transplant waiting lists, took another big step toward becoming reality, earning a $650,000 prize from KidneyX for its first-ever demonstration of a functional prototype of its implantable artificial kidney.

rendering of the bioartificial kidney