Outlook in 2017

Researchers delving into the details of bladder cancer are finding a rich trove of genetic information.

How Egyptian men swapped one type of bladder cancer for another.

Once thought to be sterile, the bladder contains microbes that could influence the development and treatment of cancer.

What happens when a professor of theatre finds out she has bladder cancer? She writes a one-woman play about it, of course.

Bladder cancer is more deadly in women than in men. That needs to change, say James McKiernan and Denise Asafu-Adjei.

Mechele Leon, an associate professor of theatre at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, was diagnosed with bladder cancer in March 2016. After treatment, Leon was left with no bladder, a urostomy bag, and a story to tell — which became a one-woman play called Bladder Interrupted.

People with metastatic bladder cancer once faced meagre treatment options and a grim prognosis. But immunotherapy has started to yield results.

Many non-invasive approaches to detecting bladder cancer are showing promise — including smart toilets.

Modifying the population of bacteria in the gut might help to prevent and treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Rising obesity means that more children are developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Conventional detection of advanced fatty liver disease relies on biopsy. Less onerous methods may help to save lives.

Not everyone with a fatty liver goes on to develop more advanced disease. Understanding what triggers the progression could lead to better treatments.

Biotechnology start-ups and pharmaceutical giants alike are charging ahead to develop therapies for the most serious form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Richard Bedlack explains how an open mind led him to some unusual places and unexpected lessons

Let's start describing ALS on the basis of its cause, not on whether someone obtained a relevant family history, says Ammar Al-Chalabi.

In 2014, millions of people doused themselves in icy water to raise money for ALS. Was it worth it?

The disease remains incurable but there are signs of hope on the horizon.