{"id":17024,"date":"2026-07-02T07:58:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/?p=17024"},"modified":"2026-07-02T07:58:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:58:25","slug":"comissao-internacional-da-the-lancet-busca-ampliar-acesso-a-medicina-de-precisao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brainn.org.br\/en\/comissao-internacional-da-the-lancet-busca-ampliar-acesso-a-medicina-de-precisao\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lancet’s international commission seeks to expand access to precision medicine."},"content":{"rendered":"Article in *Jornal da Unicamp* highlights the work of The Lancet Commission on Precision Health regarding the adoption of precision medicine in public health systems.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Text by: Daniela Prandi\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Often associated with sophisticated exams and high-cost treatments, precision medicine is still seen as a reality restricted to highly specialized centers. A new international commission created by the scientific journal The Lancet, titled\u00a0\u201cThe Lancet Commission on Precision Health\u201dThe group aims to change this perception. It brings together more than 20 experts from various countries, including Iscia Lopes-Cendes, a professor at the Faculty of Medical Sciences (FCM) at Unicamp and a researcher at the Brazilian Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology (Cepid-Brainn), based at Unicamp.<\/p>\n

Lopes-Cendes, a specialist in genomic medicine and technologies applied to neuroscience, is one of two representatives from Latin America in the group, which also includes psychiatrist Christian Kieling from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). According to her, the commission’s objective is to formulate recommendations so that precision health strategies can be equitably incorporated into health systems worldwide.<\/p>\n

In this process, he emphasizes, Brazil can play an important role. “I see Brazil as having a great responsibility to do the right thing, because we are a showcase for other countries in Latin America and for countries in the Global South.”<\/p>\n

According to Lopes-Cendes, the country occupies a strategic position because it possesses characteristics that can transform it into a benchmark. “We can implement this equitably because, as long as it occurs within the Unified Health System (SUS), which has enormous reach, it will benefit all Brazilians.”<\/p>\n

The researcher emphasizes that the combination of a universal public system, the increasing integration of health databases, and the accumulated experience in prevention policies puts Brazil in a privileged position to test models that can later be replicated in other regions of the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven Brazil\u2019s characteristics\u2014a country that produces a great deal of statistics and is currently transitioning to a higher level of development\u2014there is significant international interest in what happens here. Brazilian case studies may be published within the commission. Our healthcare system is very organized in terms of record-keeping and data production, and this allows for the development of very interesting research,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The commission was created to address a growing challenge in healthcare systems. Although scientific advances have demonstrated that genetic, environmental, behavioral, and social factors influence the onset of diseases and the response to treatments, most medical care is still based on population averages and standardized protocols. The so-called precision health seeks precisely to incorporate this diversity. “We decided not to call the commission ‘precision medicine,’ but ‘precision health,’ because we can recommend actions related to lifestyle, behavior, and even public policies,” she explains.<\/p>\n

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