The development of high-throughput omics technologies represents an unmissable opportunity for evidence-based prevention of adverse effects on human health. However, the applicability and access to multi-omics tests are limited. In Italy, this is due to the rapid increase of knowledge and the high levels of skill and economic investment initially necessary. The fields of human genetics and public health have highlighted the relevance of an implementation strategy at a national level in Italy, including integration in sanitary regulations and governance instruments. In this review, the emerging field of public health genomics is discussed, including the polygenic scores approach, epigenetic modulation, nutrigenomics, and microbiomes implications. Moreover, the Italian state of implementation is presented. The omics sciences have important implications for the prevention of both communicable and noncommunicable diseases, especially because they can be used to assess the health status during the whole course of life. An effective population health gain is possible if omics tools are implemented for each person after a preliminary assessment of effectiveness in the medium to long term.

Precision medicine and public health. New challenges for effective and sustainable health / Traversi, D.; Pulliero, A.; Izzotti, A.; Franchitti, E.; Iacoviello, L.; Gianfagna, F.; Gialluisi, A.; Izzi, B.; Agodi, A.; Barchitta, M.; Calabro, G. E.; Hoxhaj, I.; Sassano, M.; Sbrogio, L. G.; Del Sole, A.; Marchiori, F.; Pitini, E.; Migliara, G.; Marzuillo, C.; De Vito, C.; Tamburro, M.; Sammarco, M. L.; Ripabelli, G.; Villari, P.; Boccia, S.. - In: JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE. - ISSN 2075-4426. - 11:2(2021), pp. 1-30. [10.3390/jpm11020135]

Precision medicine and public health. New challenges for effective and sustainable health

Gialluisi A.;Hoxhaj I.;Del Sole A.;Pitini E.;Migliara G.;Marzuillo C.;De Vito C.;Villari P.;Boccia S.
2021

Abstract

The development of high-throughput omics technologies represents an unmissable opportunity for evidence-based prevention of adverse effects on human health. However, the applicability and access to multi-omics tests are limited. In Italy, this is due to the rapid increase of knowledge and the high levels of skill and economic investment initially necessary. The fields of human genetics and public health have highlighted the relevance of an implementation strategy at a national level in Italy, including integration in sanitary regulations and governance instruments. In this review, the emerging field of public health genomics is discussed, including the polygenic scores approach, epigenetic modulation, nutrigenomics, and microbiomes implications. Moreover, the Italian state of implementation is presented. The omics sciences have important implications for the prevention of both communicable and noncommunicable diseases, especially because they can be used to assess the health status during the whole course of life. An effective population health gain is possible if omics tools are implemented for each person after a preliminary assessment of effectiveness in the medium to long term.
2021
early disease prevention; epigenetic modulations; genetic and microbiome markers; genetic polymorphisms; health technology assessment; mirna; public health genomics
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Precision medicine and public health. New challenges for effective and sustainable health / Traversi, D.; Pulliero, A.; Izzotti, A.; Franchitti, E.; Iacoviello, L.; Gianfagna, F.; Gialluisi, A.; Izzi, B.; Agodi, A.; Barchitta, M.; Calabro, G. E.; Hoxhaj, I.; Sassano, M.; Sbrogio, L. G.; Del Sole, A.; Marchiori, F.; Pitini, E.; Migliara, G.; Marzuillo, C.; De Vito, C.; Tamburro, M.; Sammarco, M. L.; Ripabelli, G.; Villari, P.; Boccia, S.. - In: JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE. - ISSN 2075-4426. - 11:2(2021), pp. 1-30. [10.3390/jpm11020135]
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