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NKF's Innovation Fund Invests in Diatiro to Advance Kidney Health~Collaboration aims to transform kidney transplantation and enhance health equity~ (September 21, 2023, New York, NY) – The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is proud to announce its latest investment through the NKF Innovation Fund, which is aimed at fostering innovation and advancing kidney health. NKF has chosen to invest in Diatiro, a pioneering medical technology company, to further the development and deployment of their innovative Kidney Pod technology.

Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign on LinkedIn: #healthtech #innovation #training | 17 commentsCongratulations! Two teams of Biodesign Innovation Fellows have won summer extension funding to advance projects that address needs identified during their... 17 comments on LinkedIn

Fostering and profiting from the physician innovator“We need to build a narrative around innovative ways to fund the future of health care,” says Joseph Scalea, MD, a transplant surgeon at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and founder of several companies, including MediGO, a health care supply chain technology company that solves critical problems in transplant logistics, and MissionGO, an unmanned aviation and services organization that assists with first responder needs.1 “We need a call to action. We need physicians to engage in innovation.”

Biodesign Summer Extension Provides Novel Solution to Vexing Kidney Transplant Issue - Fogarty InnovationApproximately 100,000 U.S. patients require a kidney transplant each year, with some waiting more than five years for a donor, and up to half of those dying in the interim. And even for the “lucky” ones who receive a transplant, there are still hurdles. In fact, one in three patients experiences delayed graft function (DGF), a failure […]

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