Tunis: The Tunis Pasteur Instiute “DiaMont” project demonstrates importance of genetic screening for monogenic diabetes
Tunis, June 13 (TAP) – The “DiaMont” project, a “multidisciplinary study of monogenic forms of diabetes in the Tunisian population”, funded by the Institut Pasteur de Tunisie, has demonstrated the importance of genetic screening for monogenic diabetes in Tunisia.
This study will contribute to the development of a DNA chip for this form of diabetes, which will allow rapid and cost-effective genetic diagnosis and help doctors make therapeutic decisions for better care of patients and their families.
The project, which started in March 2023 and will run for three years, is being coordinated by Rim Kefi, head of the research team at the Biomedical and Oncological Genomics Laboratory at the Pasteur Institute in Tunis, as part of his doctoral thesis in human biology, which she defended on February 23, 2024.
The main objective of this special study is to raise awareness of monogenic forms of di
abetes in Tunisia.
The project also aims to raise awareness of the specificities of monogenic diabetes among health professionals and civil society in order to ensure early detection of the disease, prevent complications and build capacity and skills in diabetology at national level.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse