Diabetes is a growing clinical and public health problem. The International Diabetes
Federation estimates that 537 million adults 20-79 years of age are living with diabetes …

More than 170 million people worldwide have diabetes, and the World Health Organization
(WHO) projects that this number will more than double by the year 2030. Most of the …

The old adage that “prevention is better than cure” holds particularly well for a chronic
disease like type 2 diabetes, with its epidemic scale and multiple crippling complications …

The prevalence of diabetes is rapidly increasing worldwide and has been estimated to
double within the next 25 years, presumably affecting almost 300 million people in 2025 (1) …

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (https://www. cdc. gov/),
diabetes affects over 37 million Americans, with approximately 90% to 95% of these …

In his State of the Union address on January 20, 2015, President Barack Obama announced
his administration's intention to promote precision medicine.“Tonight I'm launching a new …

The idea of precision medicine in the context of disease prevention is predicated on the
failure of standard approaches to adequately slow or prevent disease onset in many people …

While the incidence of type 1 diabetes continues to rise by 3% each year, the ability to
prevent this disease remains elusive. Hybrid closed loop devices, artificial pancreas …

1Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital of Sichuan University,
Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China 2Division of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital …

The fundamental requisites of any prevention trial are: 1) that the disease is a demonstrated
burden to the individual and society; 2) that high-risk individuals can be accurately identified; …