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A human mini-bladder shows the culprit of recurrent infections

Researchers at EPFL, Heidelberg University and Roche have built a human mini-bladder to show how urine composition weakens bladder tissue, helping infections recur even after antibiotics. The work was ...
New York Post

Groundbreaking bladder transplant gives cancer survivor hope: ‘I was a ticking time bomb’

Urine for a breakthrough — in a true medical milestone, UCLA surgeons completed the world’s first in-human bladder transplant. Dr. Nima Nassiri, a urologic transplant surgeon and director of the UCLA ...
MedPage Today

First-Line Bladder Cancer Trial Makes the Case for HER2 Screening

BERLIN -- A Chinese trial that screened advanced urothelial cancer patients for HER2-expression demonstrated a large survival benefit with a novel chemotherapy-free combination in the first-line ...
The New York Times

Surgeons Perform First Human Bladder Transplant

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 ...
UPI

World's first-ever human bladder transplant carried out by UCLA, USC surgeons

May 19 (UPI) --Surgeons in southern California successfully completed the world's first-ever human bladder transplant in what's being called a potentially "game-changing" new surgical method for ...