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

Pesh Patel, a Lafayette resident on the organ transplant waitlist for the second time, is working with lawmakers to get more protections for organ donors and recipients, including Medicaid ...

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 ...

Dr. Inderbir Gill calls it “the realization of a dream” for treating patients with debilitating bladder conditions ...

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 ...

This new transplant surgery was developed over several years. The doctors first practiced on pigs and then ... placing it in the patient. The transplant team got their first match in early May. They ...

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

A handful of patients had previously received pig kidneys ... the pig kidney was taken jointly by Ms Looney and her doctors, in order to preserve “future possibilities for transplantation”.

The pig organ transplant, a landmark in the ... and inspire many others in their journey to overcome kidney disease," she said. Four other patients previously received different kinds of ...