Polish scientists from centers in Kraków and Lublin have developed innovative materials that may speed up work on an artificial kidney. They published the results of their research in the journal of the American Chemical Society “ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces”. 

-We proposed the use of organometallic networks to absorb uremic toxins in patients with renal insufficiency. The solution could be used in an artificial organ implanted in a patient – said Dr Eng. Przemysław Jodłowski, from the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, the Krakow University of Technology, who manages the work of the team including researchers from: the Krakow University of Technology, the Medical University of Lublin, the AGH University of Science and Technology, the Małopolska Center of Biotechnology of the Jagiellonian University, the Strata Mechanics Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) and the Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

The scientists have announced, that the solution may be a step towards developing an artificial kidney of Polish production.