A North Queensferry woman has become the oldest person to join a Scotland-wide effort to help shape the medicines of the future.
100-year old Isabella Moore and her two daughters signed up to The Scottish Health Research Register (SHARE) during a visit to the Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline.
SHARE aims to make it easier for researchers to identify suitable participants to help carry out groundbreaking medical research. The initiative also uses blood left over from routine testing to help improve treatments for diseases such as cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and asthma.
Isabella’s daughter, 77-year-old Isabella Fraser, said, ‘I, my sister, and my mother have all signed up to the SHARE register.
‘I think that anyone who can help with research and helping to understand things should sign up, particularly older people where a greater understanding of their genes may be useful to future generations, especially for things like dementia.’
SHARE makes it easier for people to get involved with research, and volunteers have been signing up as a result of invitations at their hospital appointment, doctor’s surgeries, or via social media reports.
People can sign up at www.registerforshare.orgor complete FREEPOST brochures that are widely distributed throughout Scotland, including clinics, GP surgeries and pharmacies. Scots on the register have agreed to be informed about health research projects that they may be interested in taking part in. There is no obligation to participate in any specific study and it is up to the individual to choose whether or not to take part in any of these studies.
