Indian-origin doc builds first artificial kidney

Country's Fight Against Disease Gets Boost

New Delhi: A US-based Indian-origin researcher, Shuvo Roy, has created the world's first implantable artificial kidney. What's sensational about Roy's creation is that the organ, no larger than the size of a coffee cup, will be able to mimic the kidney's most vital functions like filtering toxins out of the bloodstream, regulating blood pressure and producing the all-important vitamin D.
    The artificial kidney has been tested successfully on animals, and its human trials are expected to be held over the next five years. Once available, and if affordable, this creation by the Roy-led team at the University of California will do away with the need for kidney dialysis. This will be a great help for all patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). In India, of the 1.5 lakh new patients who suffer from end-stage renal failure annually, only 3,500 get kidney transplants and 6,000-10,000 undergo dialysis. The rest perish due to an acute shortage of dialysis centres and nephrologists to man them.
    CKD is rising at a rapid pace in India and the majority of those who die are either unable to find a suitable organ for transplantation or are unable to pay the high dialysis costs. According to Roy, the device has a filtration section to remove toxins from the blood, alongside a compartment with renal cells to conduct other functions of a normal kidney. He believes the artificial kidney will last for years, maybe decades, and require no pumps or batteries. Patients would also not require antirejection drugs (as is required after transplants) because there would be no exposed natural tissues for the immune system to attack.
    The University of California team is now waiting for approval to conduct larger scale animal and human trials. It has already succesfully tested the implant in a dozen rats and a handful of pigs.
    Roy, who is working with a team of engineers, biologists and physicians, said, "The payoff to the patient community is tremendous. It could have a transformative impact on their lives." 'Artificial kidney will be a boon for Indians'
    With financial support, I think we could reach clinical trials in as little as five years. But it's hard to say how long after that it becomes commercially available due to uncertainties of the FDA and commercialisation prospects," says Shuvo Roy.
    So what would this artificial kidney mean for India? "It will be a real boon," said Dr S C Tiwari, director of nephrology and renal transplantion medicine at Fortis Health Care. He added, "The biggest problem with CKD patients in India is that a majority of them are diagnosed in the final stages where they either require constant dialysis or a transplant. They require dialysis three times a week. However, of the two lakh CKD patients requiring dialysis, only 10,000 get it, mainly because they can't afford it. Maybe only 1,000 such patients get it for free or at a subsidized rate in government hospitals. The artificial kidney, when available and if affordable, will be a miracle."
    Dr Madan Bahadur, nephrologist with Mumbai's Jaslok Hospital added, "Work on creating tubular cells (that perform the biochemical work of the kidney) began a decade back. But bio-chemical engineering has so far not managed to replicate the human kidney. If this new device delivers on its promise, it will be fantastic." According to Dr Jitendra Kumar, head of nephrology at Asian Institute of Medical Sciences, the main reason this artificial kidney will be a real breakthrough is because it will be able to mimic the vital functions of a kidney, like regulating BP and producing vitamin D—things a dialysis can't do.
    "Around 40% of diabetics have some form of kidney disease. And with over 50 million diabetics in India, you can understand what the burden of kidney failure patients will be. Most of these patients will require 40 hours of dialysis per month, which completely curtails their lifestyle. If the artificial kidney, which can be worn or transplanted, is available, the patient will be free to live a normal life without having to spend most of his/her time at dialysis centres," Dr Kumar said.

THE ULTIMATE RELIEVER?
The artificial, implantable kidney developed by Dr Shuvo Roy is the size of a coffee cup and is ready for test on humans. If successful, it could replace the need for dialysis and transplants for lakhs of people suffering from chronic kidney disease
SHUVO ROY
Roy's father is from India while his mother is Bangladeshi. Born in Bangladesh, young Roy spent some time in India as well. Studied in Uganda, where his father was a doctor. Went to the US for higher studies
KIDNEY DISEASE IN INDIA
Every year, 1.5 lakh new patients end up suffering from end-stage renal failure. Only 3,500 get transplants and 6,000 undergo dialysis. The rest die due to shortage of dialysis centres and nephrologists
Patient undergoing dialysis
spends 10,000 a month, with
the process taking 72 hours

Benefits of Herbal Remedies to Treat Disease

Drugs for Kidney Pain

Take olive oil approximately 15 tablespoons of it, 2 tablespoons of water of fermented rice, 1 tablespoon of eucalyptus oil and the yolks of two eggs, mix them and stir well. Drink every day for ten days, surely you diabetes will be cured.

Drugs to Cure Sore Throat

Take 15 grams of the Creat, 25 grams of turmeric, 2 pieces of morinda which has been ripe, then boil all the ingredients in water up to 600 cc until 200 cc left, strain, add honey and lemon juice for a good taste, drink while it’s still warm once a day.

Aloe Vera Benefits

Take some aloe stems (aloe vera), wash them clean. Then take the inner part of it to be attached on the body part which is splashed by hot water.

Drugs for Chilblain

Put eucalyptus oil or oil wasps. For herb drink: one finger of ginger cut into pieces, give a little brown sugar, and salt with 1 cup of boiled water. Strain and drink when it's cold 3 times a day 1 / 4 cup.

Red Onion and Honey to Releive Cough

If you have cough which is difficult to be cured, the following is a traditional way to eliminate the cough of your throat. Take one onion and then mixed with one tablespoon of honey, mix it well and drink three times a day. Undoubtedly your cough will disappear from your throat.

Heal the Sick Waist

Back pain is so excruciating, to overcome this you can perform the following manner. Take 10 avocado leaves which are not too old and boil it by using 2 cups of water. Boil until water lef about ½ cup, and then becomes cold. Drink the water and do it on a regular basis, then your back pain will be recovered completely.

Removing the Thorn from the Skin

If you are pierced with thorns, and it left in the skin, do not you try to remove with a needle or pin because it can cause infection. Take an onion, cut into two parts. Apply red onion with coconut oil, then grilled until charred. Paste it onto the skin, and the thorn will come out slowly.

Treating Poisonous Animal Bites

If you are bitten by poisonous animals, like millipedes, scorpions and other do not need to worry, overcome it with the following simple way. Catch a chicken, take its saliva. Rub the chicken saliva onto the bitten part evenly and comprehensively. If you do this as soon as you are bitten, the swelling and pain will soon disappear.

Remove Tonsils by Natural Way

Take cloves 1 onion, peel skin, and then rinse with clean water. Chew the red onion until soft, then swallow it, do routinely 3 to 4 times a day, surely your tonsils will shrink and then disappear.

Drugs for Burn

Take a few leaves of fresh betel leaves, squeeze the water and then add a little honey. Put onto the part of body which was burned, this way you will burn quickly healed.

Drugs for High Blood Pressure

Take 7 leaves of Syzygium Polyanthum or salam leaves which are still green and fresh, wash and boil with 3 cups of water. Let it is boiled and wait until left only 1 cup of water, drink regularly 2 cups of it per day, your high blood pressure will be soon recovered.

Treating Low Blood Pressure

Take one cup of boiled new chicken broth, an egg yolk and a little salt. Drink this potion once a day in consecutive week, then the sluggish due to low blood pressure will disappear from your body.

Treating High Blood Pressure

Morinda fruit or called pace can actually be used to treat high blood pressure. Here's the way: Take a few morinda enough, mash up out the water, the water is filtered and drink. This should be done regularly during the morning after waking up before you eat anything. Your high blood pressure will be cured.

Soybeans for Kidney Problem

Eating foods with low protein is strongly recommended to be consumed by people with kidney disease. Phosphorus found in many proteins, so protein intake of the recommended amount of about 50 grams per day can help limit the amount of phosphorus. Phosphorus is a mineral substance that can aggravate kidney. Besides protein, which needs to be maintained is also cholesterol, do low-cholesterol diet.

Soy protein does not adversely affect the kidneys. Soy protein is not the same with animal protein; hence the food made of soybean plays a role in healing kidney disease. Nutritionists recommend more consumption of soy foods. Research has shown that there is no provision of any damage or harm of soy protein for kidney disease, but it still needs more in-depth study of the relation between soy protein and kidney. Soy protein helps lower cholesterol levels.

People with diabetes are also at high risk for kidney disease. Often occurs in people with kidney diseases, they need to reduce your intake of protein because of high protein intake can aggravate kidney work. Adding soy protein intake and reduce animal protein are proved, in some cases, very helpful in improving the patient's kidneys work.

Kidneys are a set of mini filters works filtering the blood of the chemicals that are not needed, and removed it through urine.

Protein diet affects the healthy kidneys and diseased kidneys. In healthy kidneys, high protein causes the kidneys filter the blood more rapidly; it indicates that the kidneys work harder. And the people who have symptoms of kidney disease, in the long term, this can damage the kidneys.

Kidney is a part of our body that has a very important task. If our kidney has problems, it must be disturb our lives. But soy is a plant which has high levels of nutrients, it is said to cure kidney pain. Here are simple tips to consume soy as a medicine kidney problem:

Ingredients:

• Soybean

• 4 cups of water

How to Make:

Take 3 tablespoons soy beans, and boil it with four cups of water to boil. Keep the cooking water reduced to approximately one-fourth of it or a glass.

How to use:

Drink every morning after waking up, before the water is cold.