And now, thanks to this light-sensitive tissue, it can do something powerful—make heart cells beat on command. Most importantly, this technique doesn’t require any genetic changes to the cells.

Dr. Nima Nassiri, a urologic transplant surgeon and director of the UCLA Vascularized Composite Bladder Allograft Transplant Program, led the stream team — providing relief to one lucky patient ...

Surgeons from Keck Medicine of USC and UCLA Health successfully performed the world's first in-human bladder transplant on May 4, 2025. The patient, who had a compromised bladder and kidney ...

May 16, 2025 — A new study reveals that a single gene plays a big role in how the liver stores energy, a process that's critical for overall health and for managing diseases like type 2 diabetes ...