Insights into the genetic aetiology of diabetes in Africa.

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Despite the high public health burden of diabetes in Africa, research into its genetic aetiology has been slow, limiting the continent's ability to benefit from an emerging era of diabetes precision medicine. Some progress is evident. In monogenic diabetes, where a molecular diagnosis enables tailored treatment, two cases from Africa successfully illustrate this approach despite the absence of routine affordable...

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