KidneyX Sustainability Prize Winning Ideas Support Home Dialysis

Seven KidneyX Sustainability winners will equally share a $7.25M prize to address water and power shortages and acute disasters. ALL of them are directly relevant to home therapies by improving portability, reducing water usage, or running off batteries. Learn more about sterile PD dialysate from tap water (Particle4X) or decentralized PD fluid production (U-MN), novel sorbent HD (Qidni Labs Inc.), sorbent regeneration (Stephen Ash), dialysate regeneration (Kuleana Technology, Inc.), battery-powered HD (Micro Nano Technologies Inc.) and a 2lb. WAK for 24/7 dialysis (Wearable Artificial Organs Inc.). https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2025/01/08/hhs-announces-winners-of-kidneyx-sustainability-prize.html

Kidney Views Blog Topics: Join us for our weekly home dialysis blog. Click here to subscribe to new post alerts. Tell us what YOU think—we welcome comments and guest blog posts!

• Down the Rabbit Hole of Xenotransplantation (Part One)
  01/09 – Jennifer Ravert, RN
• Setting the dialysate Sodium value in Hemodialysis
  12/19 – Kamal Shah
• Alport’s Syndrome and My Life
  12/12 – Evan Coaker

Industry Updates

• Medicare’s 2025 Physician Fee Schedule
• Premier Dialysis Videos: How to Read and Use PD Bags From Other Countries
• Annual PD Machine Operating Cost is $24/mo or Less
• NKF 2025 Survey: Patients Want More Home Dialysis Options

Home Dialysis in the News

• Baxter will Provide a Supply Update in Early 2025
• First Diality Patient Dialysis on New FDA-approved Moda-flx HD Machine

Living Well with Home Treatments

• Dawn Edwards is a Patient Advocate, Does Nocturnal Home HD, and Travels
• Small Business Owner Kevin Boozer Does Home HD

Advocacy for Better Dialysis

• New Year, New President, New Congress: How Might These Changes Affect ESRD?
• Improving Access to Home Dialysis Act of 2024 (H.R. 8075) Update
• Expanding Care in the Home Act (H.R. 2853)

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

Each month, we gather recent research abstracts about home dialysis. Visit our Journal Watch to learn more:

• Peer Support + Nurse-led Modality Education Increases Patient Choice of PD
• Predicting Sarcopenia on PD using Handgrip Strength and BMI
• Organizational Culture and Home Dialysis Uptake
• Probiotics in PD
• Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative Did Not Impact Public Awareness
• Survival on HD vs. Immediate-start PD

Featured Link: My Kidney Life Toolkit

The nonprofit Medical Education Institute has gathered My Kidney Life Plan (our free, treatment matcher in English and Spanish), My Kidney Life: A New Direction (our updated, easy-to-read guide to ALL treatment options), and My Kidney Life Values (evidence-based content on how each option affects 22 values and lifestyle preferences patients value.