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Formulating COVID-19 Synthetic Vaccine Doses
This little benchtop experiment can dose about a thousand people, but the process can be scaled up to industrial strength. Continue reading
Posted in Health, Real Science
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Recipe for making COVID-19 vaccine in three days
Posted in Health, Real Science
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, diphtheria toxoid, Hopp and Woods, vaccine
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My Old Neglected Vaccine Could Nail COVID-19
Given the gravity of the matter at hand Continue reading
Posted in Health, Real Science
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, Hopp and Woods, pandemic, Peyton McKean, synthetic peptide, vaccine
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ShakeOut! Did Seattle’s Earthquake Drill Make A Deadly Mistake?
First of all, decide right now that if you experience an earthquake at a game in Seattle, you will not immediately leave the stadium, unless the place is coming down around your ears. Continue reading
Posted in Author, Health, Northwest Tales
Tagged Earthquake preparedness, Great Seattle Earthquake, Great Shakeout, Seattle, Seattle Fault
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My Astronaut Application
I found the NASA receipt for my astronaut application while digging through a drawer of dusty old documents the other day. Continue reading
Posted in From Outta Space, Health, Real Science
Tagged astronauts, Blood On The Moon, calcium bone loss, microgravity, NASA, weightlessness
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It’s Candle Smoke Allergy, Hillary
Unless Hillary does something about her allergy to candle smoke, her hopes to become president may be thwarted by it! Continue reading
Posted in Candle Smokers, Food and Drink, Health
Tagged allergy, candle smoke, health, Hillary Clinton
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Ebola convalescent serum–I should have guessed!
It’s all becoming clear: the CDC has been planning to use convalescent sera all along. That’s why they imported a couple of moon-suited ebola patients. Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged CDC, convalescent serum, ebola, medical thriller, Peyton McKean, The Neah Virus
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Viruses, viruses, everywhere
Let’s hope the mutation rate of EnteroVirus D68 slows down a bit. Otherwise, we may be looking at big trouble. Continue reading
Posted in Health, Real Science
Tagged EV-D68, medical thriller, Peyton McKean, polio, virus
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Ebola vaccine–why so slow?
If you try to create a vaccine that causes a rip-roaring response in every vaccinated person, you are liable to create a vaccine that causes a lot of side-effects, up to and including death. Continue reading
Posted in Health, Real Science
Tagged ebola, medical thriller, novel, Peyton McKean, subunit, vaccine
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Obamacare for Dummies
At one point, I got bounced right off the system. I got to a page that said, “Error! Your session has been terminated!” I definitely felt like giving up. Continue reading
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