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Artificial kidney was invented in the year

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1932
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1945
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1951
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1955
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Solution

The correct option is B 1945
The kidney is the major organ which filters the blood and helps in the formation of urine. Willem Johan Kolff developed the first functioning artificial kidney. He treated his first patient in 1943, and in 1945 and was able to save a patient's life with hemodialysis treatment.
So, the correct answer is option B.

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