Northwick Park Hospital
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Volunteers are needed for a new plant-based Covid vaccine to be trialled at Northwick Park Hospital.
Medicago, a biopharmaceutical company based in Canada, and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) are launching the Phase 3 randomised, observer blinded, placebo-controlled study at the London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH).
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)-supported study is the first to test a plant-derived Covid-19 vaccine candidate, and will evaluate the efficacy and safety of the Coronavirus-Like Particle COVID-19 Vaccine (CoVLP).
Over the next four to six weeks the group are looking for 1,500 healthy volunteers aged between 18 and 39 who will receive an active study vaccine dose.
The mother of a baby who was born with one arm and no legs says her son is progressing “really well”. Little Henry Higgs, now aged 11 months, has shown his bubbly personality over recent months, with him splashing in the bath and reaching out to touch his toys. His mother Rosie Higgs, a special needs school care assistant from Harrow, had been told her unborn son might have amniotic band syndrome – a condition which could stop his limbs from growing properly – at her routine 20-week scan. But despite the news, she insisted she had “no doubt” to keep her baby boy.
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Rosie Higgs discovered at her 20-week scan that her unborn son was likely to have Amniotic Band Syndrome, where strands in the womb entangle a baby’s limbs and inhibit proper growth
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Rosie discovered at her 20-week scan that Henry was likely to have Amniotic Band Syndrome (Image: SWNS)
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He might not have all his arms and legs, but he s absolutely perfect
Mum Rosie Higgs, 29, had been told her unborn son might have amniotic band syndrome
Rosie Higgs with her son Henry.
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Meet the baby born with one arm and no legs who is perfect just the way he is.