Challenges and opportunities in precision therapy for diabetic patients

Abstract

Diabetes, a chronic condition characterized by an inability to maintain normal glucose levels significantly accounts for enhancing the cost of healthcare expenditure. Managing diabetes using a standard medication protocol more often leads to progressive failure in effectively treating the associated complications. The recent trends involve understanding of diabetes's genetic architecture and its consequences have provided the background for application of precision medicine for customizing protocols for preventing and managing the diabetes therapy. Further, utilizing the electronic health data and genetic information for assisting care and planning therapeutic protocol for monogenic form of diabetes is well-executed example of genomic medicine. The present write-up emphasized recent advances about the causes and effects of diabetes genetics. This also drive to the need for the further investigation for ensuring the appropriate knowledge to enable patients and healthcare providers to make informed decisions for obtaining the best possible outcome.

Keywords

• Insulin resistance
• Molecular genetics
• Sequencing
• Pharmacogenomics
• Omics