Large research projects are led from Gothenburg - Gothenburg Post

30 000 Swedes and 300 million will provide answers on who is at risk of myocardial infarction or disease of the blood vessels and lungs.

A research project involving teaching hospitals in six locations in the country has recently been launched. Gothenburg is the first out. Once the study is completed, it is the largest in the world of its kind.

– This is the first time we got together all the research in Sweden in these areas to a joint study says Göran Bergström professor at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg.

60,000 randomly selected Swedes in six locations between the ages of 50-64 will be receiving letters of inquiry of whether to participate in the study.

– We estimate that half will say yes, explains Göran Bergström.

5000 by the subjects to come from Gothenburg.

addition Sahlgrenska the university hospitals in Malmö, Linköping, Stockholm, Uppsala and Umeå to participate in the study, which will last for three years in each location.

– Here in Gothenburg, we have already started and Malmö follow in March, says Göran Bergström.

He is responsible for the project in Gothenburg and says that there is a very large amount of data will be collected in a data bank that will be used by scientists for many years to come.

Among other things, researchers hope to develop new methods to prevent and treat diseases

– The vision is that in 10-15 years through a blood test at a regular health check will be able to see who is at risk of diseases of the heart, blood vessels and lungs, and that we shall be able to tailor individual treatments, explains Göran Bergström.

The volunteers who participate may heart, blood vessels and lungs examined with the latest technology.

Jörgen Olsson, 57, is one of those who jumped at the invitation.

– My father suffered from carbon and I think it’s good to get a proper examination of the body, he said

On Thursday, he was at the Sahlgrenska for sampling.

– I have provided blood samples, measured lung capacity and answered a large questionnaire, he says.

a pilot project in Gothenburg in 2012 where over 1100 people attended got five emergency surgery. But Jörgen Olsson is worried that any illness be detected in him.

– I’m not nervous, he says.

Jörgen Olsson hopes that his participation in the study ultimately lead to people with different illnesses can be helped.

project that has the name SCAPIS, English Cardiopulmanory Bioimage Study, funded in large part by the Heart and Lung Foundation. The cost is estimated at SEK 300 million.

– This is our biggest ever. We hope it will provide better prevention and better treatments for the one million people who have heart disease,

says Ulrika Klettne, communications director at the Heart and Lung Foundation.