Over 50 pieces of coverage, including The Economist newspaper and BBC Scotland's "The Seven" programme. BBC Scotland's "The Seven" programme: Professor Jim Flett Wilson interview Professor Jim Flett Wilson interviewed by BBC Scotland's Laura Miller on Friday 4 October 2024 Watch the interview here. Professor Jim Flett Wilson interviewed by BBC Radio Shetland's Ross Cowper-Fraser on Friday 4 October 2024 Listen to the interview here. Professor Jim Flett Wilson interviewed by Patrick Short of Sano Genetics for The Genetics Podcast published on 21 November 2024Jim talks about his work with the Scottish island communities, sequencing Prince William’s motherline DNA! And his IFTA-winning work with the Irish Traveller community. Watch the podcast interview on YouTube here or if you have Spotify by clicking on the link here. In the written press:The Economist: Isolated communities are more at risk of rare genetic diseasesThe Times: Disease risk from gene variations higher in Shetland and OrkneyThe Telegraph: Why your chance of having a rare disease depends on where you liveThe Independent: The areas of the UK where locals are more likely to develop diseasesThe Daily Mail: People in remote areas more likely to develop certain diseases, study findsThe Standard: People in remote areas more likely to develop certain diseases, study findsThe Express: 'Much higher' risk of diseases 'if you live in these areas of UK', new study findsShetland News: Scientists uncover higher disease risk caused by gene variationsThe National Tribune: Remote UK Regions At Risk Of Genetic DiseaseThe Daily Record: Scots islanders found to have increased risk of some rare diseasesThe Scotsman: Inside the push to screen Scottish islanders for rare disease-causing 'mutated' variants Altmetric:Regionally enriched rare deleterious exonic variants in the UK and Ireland This article was published on 2024-10-04
