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A novel therapeutic may halt rapid kidney function in some type 1 diabetic kidney disease patients.

The study, published in the American Economic Review, found that a relatively simple intervention directed to poor women -- providing them access to their own bank accounts and direct deposit for their earnings from a federal workfare program, along with basic training on how to use local bank kiosks -- increased the amount they worked, both in the government program and for other employers.

A new University of Washington study of requests and donations to the popular crowdfunding site GoFundMe, along with Census data, shows stark inequities in where the money went and how much was donated.

In a subset of patients with partial lipodystrophy and/or NASH, the hormone leptin can be leveraged as a therapeutic agent to move fat out of the liver.

Over half of the UK's arts and cultural venues and organisations believe they are at risk due to the decline in income during the pandemic, a new study from the University of Sheffield, University of Kent, and the Chartered Institute of Fundraising has shown.

A new report issued by the American Society of Human Genetics indicates that human genetics and genomics grew over $200 billion since 2010, and has supported 850,000 U.S. jobs.

Researchers have developed a tool to help governments and other organizations with limited budgets spend money on building repairs more wisely.