The data centre element of the scheme, which Latos is responsible for will be powered by one of the world’s biggest batteries. Work on a project which will see built in Cardiff has begun, one of the firms behind it has announced. Latos Ltd and other companies, including PCG Ltd and TEP Ltd, were recently […]
Cardiff and it’s Bay
T-cells – Unappreciated Coronavirus warriors.
T-cells, it is now becoming clear that the issue of immunity from Covid-19, the disease that is caused by coronavirus infection, is not only conferred by antibodies arising from infection but also by other components of the immune system specifically T cells. Checking for the presence of antibodies currently is both easy and quick. Deriving […]
Multiple coronavirus vaccines do we need them?
Multiple coronavirus vaccines do we need them all? There is a great deal we don’t yet fully understand about how the coronavirus attacks the human body but we have established that the quest for a vaccine is a high priority. In recent times that development and trials of the vaccine in the UK led by […]
Did you have Covid-19 before the main outbreak in February 2020?
Did you have Covid-19 before? If you think you may have had Covid-19 earlier than most it is of course entirely possible, even going back to January of this year, prior to that though you may well have encountered a different virus but of the same coronavirus family. Given the evidence that even if we […]
Understanding how antiviral drugs work
Understanding how antiviral drugs work is extremely frustrating and not easy to understand, for an existing antiviral its not so bad as the pathways to synthesise the drug are already in place. However, new drugs are a bit different. These drugs are very complex molecules. This is basically how drugs work. The drug shown here […]
Viral load, coronavirus and Covid-19
Viral load means that if you physically acquire 10–1,000 active particles of coronavirus, low viral load, your chances of catching Covid-19 are almost zero. In fact you can probably pick up more than that as a lot of the viral particles will be inactive so effectively harmless. Now if you somehow come into contact with […]
Decline of Covid-19 Cases? DOCC theory.
Decline of Covid-19 Cases (DOCC theory) Follows on from our previous discussion about T-cells Do Some Of Us Have Better Defences Against Covid-19 Than We Thought? There are two significant factors that affect the final outcome of a Covid-19 infection. We know that the severity of the infection is affected by the amount of virus infecting […]
Defences against Covid-19 – Do some of us have better protection
Defences against Covid-19 – Do some of us have better protection? This article expands on a post on Twitter by Professor Karol Sikora an oncologist. The article he is referring to is this one in the Journal Cell. The paper talks about T cells in our blood which are part of our immune response. We don’t […]
Dogs and Fireworks
While many of us enjoy celebrating Bonfire Night – it can be a difficult time for our pets. The bright flashing lights, loud noises and pollution can cause a great deal of distress to wild and domestic animals. According to the RSPCA, a recent poll found 62% of dogs in the UK show signs of […]
Lethal parasite that can kill dogs found in Cardiff
A Lethal parasite might have killed this Dalmatian who has had a lucky escape after it survived the deadly lungworm parasite. Daisy, a six-year-old family pet, is the latest dog to catch the parasite, fully named Angiostronglyus Vasorum, which is spreading across the country at a “concerning” rate . Owner Jim Chojecki, who lives in […]