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When a person develops diabetes at a young age, is not overweight, and has several family members with the condition, is it really type 2 diabetes? In many cases, the answer may be no. A growing body of evidence suggests that thousands of people worldwide are living with HNF1A-MODY, a …

Imagine prescribing the same diabetes medication to two patients with nearly identical A1C levels, only to see one achieve excellent glycemic control while the other experiences little benefit or troublesome side effects. This scenario is common in diabetes care and highlights an important question: could genetics explain these differences? Growing …