Surgeons from Keck Medicine of USC and UCLA Health have performed the world's first-in-human bladder transplant.

Gill has led the world’s first successful bladder transplant in a human being. The revolutionary eight-hour surgery, performed on May 4 at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, was the result ...

Bladder transplants have not been done previously, in part because of the complicated vascular structure of the pelvic area.

Autonomous weapons systems present numerous risks to humanity, most of which infringe on fundamental obligations and principles of international human rights law. Such systems select and engage ...

In a fascinating new discovery, scientists have found evidence suggesting that the flexible outer part of human ears may have evolved from the gills of ancient fish. Yes, your ears– the same ...

New research from the University of Waikato nails down how much light travels from the outside world to babies in the womb, with far-reaching implications for understanding human development.

The authors reasoned that many similarities between the appearance of cartilage under the microscope for zebrafish gills and human ears cannot be just a coincidence. Knowing that both the gills ...

The researchers observed that gene activity in the human outer ear cartilage was similar to that in the elastic cartilage in the fish gills. But many genes are active in unrelated organs.

Today, we’ll ask Angela to help us sort through what lives in the womb of a pregnant woman. Is it a parasite, an alien, or a human? How we answer that question makes all the difference in the ...

Instead of replacing humans, AI is becoming our most powerful tool for augmentation. Think of it as having a brilliant assistant who can handle routine tasks, process information quickly ...

And how might that goal influence decisions over who should get a donated uterus, and why? Considering only 135 human uterus transplants have ever been carried out, we still have a lot to learn ...