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Kidneys make urine by filtering blood. If the blood were not filtered, harmful chemicals would remain in the blood, causing jaundice and eventually killing you. People whose kindeys don't work or don't work right need to undergo dialysis, artificial filtering of the blood, several times per week until they receive a donated kidney.

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