Shetland Community Screening Project

As featured on ITV News and The Scotsman newspaper. The groundbreaking genetic screening programme for Shetland – and a £1 million fundraising campaign to cover its costs.

ITV website: Viking Genes project uncovers Shetlanders have higher chance of carrying genes that lead to disease

Click to read more and watch Professor Jim Flett Wilson tell ITV's Louise Scott why he is launching Viking Genes Shetland - Shetland Community Screening Project

As featured on ITV Evening News at 7pm on 28 May 2025. 

Professor Jim Flett Wilson at Viking Genes Shetland launch

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Listen to Professor Flett Wilson and Viking Genes Shetland fundraising chair Sandra Laurenson on BBC Radio Scotland's 'Lunchtime Live' - Wednesday 21 May 2025.

The Viking Genes Shetland - Shetland Community Screening Project 2025-2029 fundraising and awareness-raising campaign was launched at Mareel in Lerwick on 21 May 2025. 

Shetland Community Screening Project Launch Part 1 - visit our YouTube channel to hear Professor Jim Flett Wilson - Principal Investigator of Viking Genes (University of Edinburgh) - make the case for genetic screening in Shetland.

Shetland Community Screening Project Launch Part 2 - visit our YouTube channel to hear Sandra Laurenson OBE - Viking Genes Shetland fundraising chair - tell the audience how the Shetland community can help the project.

To read more visit: The case for genetic screening in Shetland

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