HIV AIDS and Drugs

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Partner with Double medical Nobel Prize winners

Partnered with Hartree at Daresbury labs in 2018 below are photographs of when I assisting the last technical glass blower in UK the only person capable of making custom made lab equipment that in early AIDS/HIV research 1989

The first of its kind, the SRS enabled research that has improved the quality of our lives in so many ways. This included research into diseases such as HIV and AIDS, as well as motor neurone disease, to name just a few examples. Link

With over 30 years of research and treatments have focused on helping patients live with, and survive, HIV. But with the end of HIV now in sight. How public mentality has changed.

The AIDS epidemic of the '80s was leading to large numbers of deaths in the '90s. Drugs for its effective treatment didn't start to emerge until 1996.

 

Shadowed the only technical glass blower in UK making custom lab equipment for AIDS/HIV Universities and Science exploratory research, while working the Torch Lathe circa 1989

It was found one drug didn’t work on the virus as within a short time it changed if I remember correctly 16 changes of itself and if a drug worked for one within a short period the virus changed, as one drug was found that worked on one aspect a cocktail of drugs was worked on.

Custom made lab equipment in the Fight to Cure AIDS/HIV

What lead me to be a technician was shadowing and assisting the only person capable of producing custom made lab equipment used in early medical research into HIV / AIDS. he was the last remaining Glass Technician in the UK in 1988-89 working alone in the basement of the South Bank University he told me i had the aptitude required to be his apprentice, when HIV/AIDS was considered the Gay Plague, the hidden figures photographs, what can’t be leaned from books.

Technical glass blower in UK making custom lab equipment for AIDS/HIV Universities and Science exploratory research, while working the Torch Lathe circa 1989 my first photographs

he worked alone in the basement of the south bank university and wore a suit shirt and tie with a white lad coat each day and admitted to me he couldn’t retire as he was the last technical glass blower in the UK able to make custom made lab equipment. To the standards required It took a year to simply learn how to control your hands to produce the basics.

The Second Summer of Love was a late-1988-89 social phenomenon in the United Kingdom which saw the rise of acid house music and unlicensed rave parties LSD and MDMA. See well being

Found this image of a counter weighted steel A1 architect's drawing table made in the 1950s by Franz Kuhlmann, Is Very similar to the one he found for me in the store room in the basement

I kept his work close to my chest as public mob mentality fear of the "Gay Plague" When many believed aids could be through skin contact in news paper headlines were at its height. As the public would have only made his work more difficult.  small glass blown pipes became synonymous with Crack Cocaine and the instant addiction associated.

I learned a lot from him using a liquid in solid form where surface tension that can shatter the piece when cooling, industrial diamond finishing and skills which cant be learned from books, SLA Stereolithography was invented in 1986 and I went on to upgrade industrial SLA workhorse used in medical innovations reducing its cost of High resolution See MedicalTech

he was a calm humble gentleman to work alongside. The two of us in the basement of the university he arranged for my first engineering technical drawing board. He seamed to believe I would one day help Oncologists. (Cancer treatment) see smoking ban.

1992 was involved in artwork for Jimi Hendrix recording with the Last Poets, Hendrix had a drugs related death, and would party in the back room of Heaven to help dispelling the common misconceptions around HIV See music.

the university sent me on placement to a blacksmiths in Vauxhall, who had injection markings and was shocked not have a female sent, I made it clear in a report to my fellow students he was hypodermic drug user expecting to be sent young ladies as free workers, The message I received back was “that what we want to know.”

For context in 1989 The authorises and press lied to the public over the Hillsborough disaster where a fatal crowd crush, 96 Liverpool fans died at a football match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989.

It wasn’t until the 96 the Taylor enquiry found senior police officers were responsible for the crowd deaths and had blamed the fans. The Sun tabloid newspaper is ostracised in the North West of England and many area’s still won’t sell it.

All-seater stadiums became compulsory in the English Premiership since the start of the 1994–95 season as a result of the Taylor enquiry Report into The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster,

see city and urban planning Architectural Social Spaces.

Liverpool 2019

We learned a new word Solidarity Lech Wałęsa (movement) and led a successful pro-democratic effort, which in 1989 ended Communist rule in Poland and ushered in the end of the Cold War. (Lech Wałęsa won The Nobel Peace Prize 1983)

1989 the Berlin Wall fell marking the end of the former Soviet Union, see food security and the beer from Moscow brewery

Solidarity is also one of six principles of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Unionand December 20 of each year is International Human Solidarity Day recognized as an international observance.

British R&B band Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler. released the multi Grammy award winning “Back to Life” filled the air on,

Pirate Radio stations where the main source of street music as there was a news paper campaign to ban HIP HOP, until station including Kiss FM gained a lic bootleg copies on every car sound system before release. See Music
It wasn't until 1991 that Diana Princess of whales campaigned for public understanding when she shock hands with a AIDS patient without wearing gloves.

SOHO scene from 1989 film Mona Lisa, a gangster, works as a driver for Simone a prostitute, and seeks information about one of her rich clients for his ex-boss. He falls in love with her, but she ends up deceiving him.

Walking past the shops with people openly discussing position of stolen credit cards and using them to buy illegal tape before the cards were blocked, developed digital security device for banking and Middle East aviation while at Central St Martins.

Short distance from my art college in the streets I later lived, the seeder side moved to the internet see online child protect.

The first in the series of BATMAN films was released in 1989 the DC Comics character portrayed by Michael Keaton Directed by Tim Burton. The Sound track by Prince who died at the age of 57 On April 21, 2016 the official investigation found he was in pain and consumed counterfeit painkiller that was laced with fentanyl, 50 times more powerful than heroine a fentanyl overdose at his home Paisley Park recording studio, see public health well being the Loop drug testing.

See Digital engineering

Sign on Door Meard Street in Soho, London the street where I lived while at Central St Martins

Instead of endangering there health street workers would meet American tourists in bars and have them part with there money believing they where renting a Soho flat for there stays and given a fake key which didn’t fit the locks.

1991 The Scottish actor comedian Robbie Coltrane was outside the front door sat having lunch, famous for his role as the Glaswegian dark criminal psychologist Eddie `Fitz' Fitzgerald, with Greater Manchester Police  in ITV’s CRACKER. 1993-2006

as a student I once was with a groups of 7 young talented ladies from a art class visiting Whitechapel art gallery at lunch time famous by Jack the Ripper murders, the ladies needed the toilet I said I would buy a drink in only place with toilet, discovered was a seedy pub when the stripper walk out.

They said only I would walk into strippers pub with 7 young ladies and wingman them so they could use the wash room in peace.

While Lads Mags including LOADED promoted a promiscuous life style and recreational drug use, I know as the first Editor would sleep in a friends sofa and lost the job because of behaviour that’s not tolerated,

 

In 1989 Bay watch was Saturday afternoon viewing for families, Pamela Anderson was a main character in an era saw the rise of celebrity sex tapes  deliberately releasing private tapes for publicity and earn including Pamala Anderson, the public perverted appetite for private covert recording by those attempting to profit, thankfully those magazine wouldn’t be except-able  today in how they treated women.

the US porn industry attempted to the break records of the amount of sexual partners, Huston XXX one of these attempts is documented Chang story of the consequate HIV infection.

I Stayed celibate through university years, as when Student grants where reduced and student loans where introduced, prostitution increased as students attempted to meet there financial needs on full time studies in the rave era of drug use, Better not to be in a relationship than rush into the wrong one. The Mistakes made by people looking to get their Oats.

the Gay community was blamed for AIDS/HIV in the press research found the global spread was linked to sex workers and long haul trucking across Africa and elsewhere.

Met the men that produced bootleg SUB POP merchandise at “NAVANA” concerts Kurt Cobain suicide a week after overdose almost took his life, they had to leave Miami as the city had become too violent, 1989 was also the year in New York Orange Juice Jones & Sam Sever produced the Anti Crack Cocaine song PIPE DREAMS for JUICED UP MUSIC/DEF JAM MUSIC, INC./SAM I AM MUSIC (ASCAP) and in London in 1991 Shut and Dance produced Autobiography of a Crackhead.

We now know HIV screening for all blood donated in the UK only began on 14 October 1985. Lead to blood transfusion infection of. 30,000patients infected with HIV and hepatitis C from contaminated blood products and transfusions between 1970 and 1991.

Lab testing

Blood testing through Immigration in the UAE United Arab Emirates mixed applicants blood together in a small bucket, batches of groups of ten together bad lucky if someone in the group that had HIV and all stopped as there was a positive result.

90% of labs in Trinidad are unregulated and misdiagnoses can commonly a-cure, patients can go away believing are terminal  live a healthier lifestyle and then believe it’s a miracle cure.

Home-Generated Sharps, Syringes, and Needles

Please look out the safe method of disposal in your area, to protect refuse collectors and recyclers (those at the dumps) from harm, from discarded needles and sharps.

in 2014 over 2.5million hypodermic needles where distributed to addicts and patients in London and Based on the data, roughly 30 per cent of the needles distributed end up in public places. Recently it was announced that families of heroin users who are at risk of fatal overdoses are to be trained to use life-saving Naloxone kits by ambulance crews in Glasgow. See online safety

Home-Generated Sharps, Syringes, and Needles

BBC tv soap opera East Enders Dot Cotton and nasty nick storyline highlighting the problems of addiction scene from 1991, at first they will tell you it’s nice possibly offer a free sample

Remember “you can have it for free but you still don’t want it”

Home-Generated Sharps, Syringes, and Needles

princess diana opened the AIDS unit in the uk at Middlesex hospital in 1987, here shaking hands with one of the residents the AIDS breaking the stigma in 1991

 

London became one of the cocaine capitals of the World, today London's night clubs have almost disappeared from the Map.

Babies are often born addicted to mothers who use drugs.

the late 80’s was a period when crack cocaine was introduced in the US and within six months was influencing street crime and increasing violence on the streets of central London. 1991 Shut Up and Dance Autobiography of a Crackhead.

While I volunteered with the trust for Urban ecology, which included collecting and disposing of hypodermic needles discarded by drug users in public spaces, one of the small army of volunteers reducing the risk of HIV/AIDS for the public in our parks.

Trainspotting is a 1996 British black comedy-drama film directed by Danny Boyle, and starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle and Kelly Macdonald in her film debut.

Met a man in 2018 in his a hospital bed about to have his second leg amputated due to the damage caused by intravenous drug use

1996 TCL Waterfalls consisting of raytracing animation was hard hitting at the time an RnB girl group addressing the illegal drug trade, promiscuity, and HIV/AIDS. Jarett E. Nolan of BMG noted that "Waterfalls" was the first number-one song to refer to AIDS in one of its verses.

Met US television industry executive who explained they will fund any tv show without reference to drugs of gun violence, so it seams hard hitting drug education to start a family conversation for the public has not existed, its interviews with medical experts in health segments.
London became one of the cocaine capitals of the World, today London's night clubs have almost disappeared from the Map.

Drugs and alcohol: Mentally Healthy Schools

Culture of criminal Drug Lords miss-treat people from young to make them Look to self medicate the distress and harm suffered in alcohol or illegal drugs, to have control over them. Terrorism is linked to the drugs trade and how communities are affected.

An African Red Cross worker described to me how African War Lords take the UN money intended for victims of there War Crimes from the AIDS rape victims for medians and food. Importance of free medications.

at Uni I made a small sculpture with food colouring needle filled with red oil paint in ergonomic medal box (coffin) the form was displayed by my tutor contemporary British silversmith Howard Fenn at the 11th Goldsmiths Fair as silver candle sticks with my permission. See food Security.

Gay and Bi sexual men where blocked from donating blood and until November 2017 when an implemented 3-month deferral policy on all gay/bi men having the same partner who want to donate their blood.

There is an interesting story of how antiretroviral drugs, where produced and sold by Cuba to Nelson Mandela’a government in South Africa avoiding the high US patient costs. If I find the documentary will add here link

Administering medication

2015 Concept design for WIFI IOT internet of things prescription reordering system for next day delivery. Not to miss medication supplies. One button supplies ordering device

The Pharma industry is looking into ways to monitor and remind patients when and how to administer a prescribed medication, from AIDS/HIV, Cancer drugs to anti-psychotics with current focus being on complicated Cancer trials when patients are sent home from hospital following treatment at the Cockcroft institute, Daresbury Scitech Campus.

On completion visited Petronas Twin Towers, Sky Bridge connecting the 45th floor of the Kuala Lumpur twin Towers Malaysia the tallest buildings in the world until 2004

Wearing Biohazard T Shirt, horror game known as Resident Evil outside Japan.

Fight Aids@home

From 2009 Volunteered my CAD workstation and PS3 to Folding@Home, and FightAIDS@Home screen saver and utilizing idol processor cycles while playing music and watching films etc to simulate protein structures, the project discovered 2 breakthroughs in 2010, Global PS3 consoles contributed over a Petaflop of computing power.
The term folding refers to vibrating protein structures to move molecules into new variations and test how they interact with known viruses.
I later worked alongside one of Sony PlayStation’s most senior female business executive. Named my daughter’s middle name after her.

Fight Aids@home

The Folding@home™ Distributed Computing Project at Stanford University

Folding@Home PS3 FightAids@home closed 2012

Fight Aids@home

There have many medical advances in treatment of HIV (antiretroviral therapy or ART) and prevention including (PrEP) Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, while there is no cure for HIV, but you can control it with HIV treatment and prevention.

Antiretroviral therapy can reduce the amount of HIV in the blood to levels that are undetectable with standard tests.

achieving and maintaining a “durably undetectable” viral load (the amount of HIV in the blood) not only preserves the health of the person living with HIV, but also prevents sexual transmission of the virus to people without HIV.

HIV model met the modellers and advised on 3D printing medical communication tool to inform the public, 7 years on at the time thought of my mentor

note: medical advances they minimise costs to make as affordable as possible reduce knock on costs

Today 1 in 10 (higher undiagnosed) have Aids in Trinidad, There was a reported increase in preventable new cases of STD’s sexually transmitted diseases post pandemic, in the local hospital a woman told she had AIDS but wouldn’t give it to a police officer, some are not as considerate.

Gay dating app Grinder members recently voted Trinidadian gay men as the biggest givers. Because of cultural stigma Many still in the cupboard.

Always health screen before starting a new relationship and wear protection. see Healthcare Pandemic financial plans

The current Folding@Home project is using the Hartree Centre's Scafell Pike Bull Sequana X1000 supercomputer to remove bottle necks for Folding@Home folding protein structures to develop patent free therapeutics for COVID variants. link see Public Health Pandemic

Always health screen before starting a new relationship and wear protection. see Healthcare Pandemic financial plans

note: With education on protection the fashion trend for clean shaven private parts reduced UK national crabs new infections to the lowest levels

TRUST FOR URBAN ECOLOGY Registered Charity No: 278601 (wellness)

CANCER RESEARCH UK registered Charity number: 1089464

NATIONAL AIDS TRUST registered Charity number: 297977

THE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY Registered Charity number: 220949

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