Researchers warn against widespread use of the transplants due to potential for long-lasting, unintended health consequences ...

Research at Harvard—from medicine to technology to education and business—touches countless lives, moving us closer to ...

Human-animal embryo research in Japan began in 2019 with the world’s first government-approved study to grow human organs in ...

A California cancer survivor was the recipient of the world's first in-human bladder transplant this month thanks to a pair ...

A California cancer survivor was the recipient of the world's first in-human bladder transplant this month thanks to a pair ...

The person who received the bladder is doing well, and the successful transplant could offer hope to thousands of people with bladder dysfunction.

Multiple obstacles, including vascular connections and immune suppression, made the pioneering bladder transplant procedure a challenge.

The world’s first human bladder transplant was performed at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, restoring 41-year-old Oscar Larenzar’s ability to urinate after seven long years. Oscar had lost both ...

MONDAY, May 19, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Doctors in Southern California have performed the first human bladder ... it in the patient. The transplant team got their first match in early May. They picked ...

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

It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a ... intent of expanding the trial to a total of 50 patients. Some experts foresee pig kidney transplant becoming an established option for patients ...