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Was this article run through Google Translate? It's horribly written.

This is 100% wrong. There are cases of monogenic type 2 diabetes (e.g MODY) which has a similar inheritance as the Alzheimer's case in the story. Though rare, it certainly refutes …

"The man behind Pandas, a reasonably important Python tool in data science"

The primary goal of a PhD is to provide training for independent research, and honestly it really does require 4-5 years of dedicated work to achieve that (I have a PhD in computat…

"The man behind Pandas, the most important Python tool in data science"

This is a gross oversimplification. Diabetes (particularly type 2) is a complex disease with both environmental and genetic factors. I'm a T2 diabetic and was diagnosed while havin…

"Type I is genetic. If you have the faulty genes, you get it. Regardless of lifestyle, health, country and whatnot." Also, this statement is not correct. From OMIM on type 1: "IDDM…

I'd like to add that there isn't always a clear cut delineation between the types. For example, MODY is highly penetrant, heritable diabetes that fits neither classification. The i…