Domingo Liotta Domingo Liotta Domingo Santo Liotta (born November 29, 1924) is a pioneer of heart surgery, creator of multiple cardiac prostheses including the first total artificial heart used in a human being. Domingo Santo Liotta son of Italian immigrants, was born in the city of Diamante, Entre Rios, Argentina on November 29, 1924. He completed his elementary school at his hometown at "Independencia School", and his high school at the "Justo Jose de Urquiza School" in Concepcion del Uruguay, Entre Rios. In 1949, he graduated as a Medical Doctor at National University of Córdoba (Argentina). He received a doctorate in Medicine
Artificial kidney approvals in other areas. The Kidney Project is a national research initiative that focuses on the development and testing of an implanted, freestanding bioartifical kidney. The Kidney Project received six million dollars in government grants. Artificial kidney Artificial kidney is often a synonym for hemodialysis, but may also, refer to renal replacement therapies (with exclusion of kidney transplantation) that are in use and/or in development. This article deals with bioengineered kidneys/bioartificial kidneys that are grown from renal cell lines/renal tissue. The first successful artificial kidney was developed by Willem Kolff in the Netherlands during the early 1940s. Kolff was the