The procedure could be life-changing for some people with debilitating conditions. Oscar Larrainzar, the recipient of the first-ever bladder transplant, waited to be discharged from the Ronald Reagan ...
Surgeons have performed the world’s first-ever human bladder transplant – calling it a “historic” operation that has the potential to change the lives of millions patients with bladder diseases. For ...
According to researcher Anne Robertson, the bladder is not considered a particularly glamorous organ, despite hosting many of the same physiological elements and processes as the heart. Luckily for ...
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, CA– In a groundbreaking achievement set to reshape the future of transplant medicine, Dr. Inderbir S. Gill has led the world’s first successful bladder transplant in a human being. The ...
More than three decades ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) as the first immunotherapy against cancer. And it is still used today to treat ...