The Sea Islands Genetic African American Registry project (Project SuGAR) has been a significant investigation as much for the way the research was conducted as for its noteworthy findings. A now-classic example of community-based research, the project engaged members of the Gullah-speaking African American population from the Sea Islands of South Carolina in research on Type 2 diabetes—what the Sea Islanders call "sugar."
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