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FDA Announces Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science Award Recipients

FDA Announces Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science Award Recipients     The FDA, Office of Regulatory Science & Innovation (OCS/ORSI) announced several renewal awards and one new award for the Centers of Excellence in Regulatory Science & Innovation (CERSI) Program. The CERSI program was established to foster robust and innovative approaches to advance regulatory science …

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Device Development: A Hybrid Implantable Kidney

Device Development: A Hybrid Implantable Kidney     Shuvo Roy, Ph.D., Professor of Bioengineering at UCSF and Technical Director of The Kidney Project, and his research partners have developed an artificial kidney constructed of semiconductor silicon wafers that remove waste and toxins from the blood and a cell therapy unit that replicates other kidney functions. Their …

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