Artificial kidney pioneer Willem Johan Kolff started the Utah artificial organs program in 1967. First-use syndrome is a rare but severe anaphylactic reaction to the artificial kidney. Simultaneously, Kolff developed the first functioning artificial kidney. Also, developmental versions of a Wearable Artificial Kidney have incorporated sorbent-based technologies. In 1955, he created the very first artificial kidney. The first artificial kidney was developed by Dutchman Willem Johan Kolff. The developments also allowed Gordon Murray to pioneer the artificial kidney in North America. As a result, the Seattle Artificial Kidney Center was established in January 1962. An artificial kidney has been cultured by H. David Humes at the University of Michigan. Abel and Rowntree also developed the first artificial kidney, also known as dialysis, in 1913.