India Is All Set To Lead Diabetes Research In The World

In times to come, India is all set to lead diabetes research in the world, said Union Minister of State, Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh.

Delivering the inaugural address at the 3-day world diabetes meet, Singh said that India has a huge resource pool of patients with different manifestations of diseases at different stages and at the same time there is no dearth of calibre, capacity and acumen on the part of our researchers. 

"It is, therefore, the right time to generate as much Indian data as possible because the goal should be to develop Indian treatment regimens for Indian patients, Indian solutions for Indian problems," he said.

He said this is also important because the Indian phenotype is different from the Westerners and the genetic preponderance is also quite different. 

The minister added, "As a result, the pathogenesis and progress of Type 2 diabetes mellitus and other related metabolic disorders are not the same as in the western populations."

Citing research evidence, Singh said that it has now been proven beyond doubt that the Indian origin diaspora living in European countries for several generations still continue to have a higher preponderance to develop Type 2 diabetes mellitus even though they were no longer living in India and the environmental conditions they are living in is different.