Transplant recipient Oscar Larrainzar is flanked by UCLA's Dr. Nima Nassiri (L) and USC's Dr. Inderbir Gill as they walked down a hallway at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif.

Key bladder cancer genes have been uncovered through studying the cancers in cats and dogs, in a significant stride for finding which of many mutations are the most important in the cancer’s ...

Surgeons at a hospital in Los Angeles have successfully performed the world's first human bladder transplant, hospital ...

UCLA and USC surgeons performed the world’s first in-human bladder transplant this month, and now, thanks to them, the patient can produce urine for the first time in seven years. Officials announced ...

LOS ANGELES — Surgeons in Southern California have performed the first human bladder transplant, introducing a new, potentially life-changing procedure for people with debilitating bladder conditions.

Following their research using pigs and brain-dead deceased donors, investigators with Keck Medicine at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles are gearing up to transplant a bladder into ...

Surgeons from UCLA Health and Keck Medicine of USC have performed the world’s first-in-human bladder transplant. "Bladder transplantation has been Dr. Nassiri's principal academic focus since we ...

MISGAV, Israel, July 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Vessi Medical ("Vessi"), announced that it successfully completed a first-in-human case with its minimally invasive cryoablation solution for superficial ...

Scientists uncovered how childhood BK virus infections may set off cancer-causing mutations decades later: by activating a host immune system enzyme that attacks DNA.

A California cancer survivor was the recipient of the world's first in-human bladder transplant this month, thanks to a pair of Los Angeles doctors. Surgeons from Keck Medicine of USC and UCLA Health ...

How do we sense the need to urinate? The basic urge is surprisingly complex and can go awry as we age. By Emily Underwood / Knowable Magazine Published Jun 10, 2024 8:00 AM EDT This article was ...