The PLOS One Editors retract this article [1] due to concerns about potential manipulation of the publication process. These concerns call into question the validity and provenance of the reported results. We regret that the issues were not identified prior to the article’s publication.
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Citation: The PLOS One Editors (2026) Retraction: DiabetesXpertNet: An innovative attention-based CNN for accurate type 2 diabetes prediction. PLoS One 21(4): e0345989. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0345989
Published: April 14, 2026
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