Man with learning disability urges others to come forward for their vaccine
Gavin Howcroft, 30, from St Albans, who has learning disabilities, gets his coronavirus vaccine at the Stevenage vaccination centre.People with learning disabilities are six times more likely to die from the virus.
The world's first personalised mRNA cancer jab for melanoma is being tested on British patients. Steve Young, 52, from Stevenage, joined a clinical trial after being diagnosed with the potentially deadly form of skin cancer. Dr Heather Shaw, an investigator for the trial, said the jab had the potential to cure people with melanoma and is being tested in other cancers.
βThis is one of the most exciting things weβve seen in a really long time," she said.
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