Urify Toilet Tablet Combines Cleaning with Kidney Disease Screening, Named James Dyson Award Finalist
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Urify is an innovative toilet-cleaning tablet that doubles as a kidney disease screening device, created by student Yidan Xu after her father was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. The device has been shortlisted as a global finalist in the prestigious James Dyson Award, which recognizes the best inventions by student and graduate designers. The tablet combines cleaning functionality with medical screening capabilities to help detect kidney disease early.
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Student Yidan Xu created the Urify screening tablet after her father was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD)
recognising the best inventions by student and graduate designers
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