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Precision diabetes treatment aims to answer a question clinicians and patients face every day: which diabetes drug is most likely to work best for this particular person? A new analysis from the TriMaster crossover trial offers an important clue. Researchers compared several precision-medicine strategies for predicting responses to sitagliptin, canagliflozin, …

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 …