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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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The Great Seattle Earthquake is on its way
I expect The Great Seattle Earthquake to be released in early 2019. Let’s hope the Seattle Fault doesn’t release its pent-up power anytime soon. Continue reading
Posted in Northwest Tales
Tagged Cascadia Subduction Zone, Great Seattle Earthquake, natural disaster novel, Peyton McKean, Seattle, Seattle Fault
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My Appearance at the Burien Library Saturday
Come on down to the Burien Library and grab a copy or two of my thriller novels, personally autographed by me. And maybe a couple of spares as holiday gifts? Continue reading
Posted in Author, Northwest Tales
Tagged Peyton McKean, Rainier Erupts, The Neah Virus
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The Awesomeness of Spirit Cove
Spirit Cove. Here Raven bit the shore, in the days when he was a giant, to carve out a home for the animals–and humans too. Continue reading
Posted in Indian Country
Tagged novel, Peyton McKean, Shaman, Spirit Cove, The Neah Virus
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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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Ebola, anyone?
Out of the rainforests of Africa, came Ebola. Out of the rainforests of Washington State, comes the Neah Virus! With awful news coming out of Africa on a daily basis lately, it seems I crafted a very timely story when … Continue reading
Tagged ebola, fiction, medical thriller, new, Peyton McKean, The Neah Virus
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The Unprepossessing Phineus Morton
In The Jihad Virus, Peyton McKean’s sidekick and chronicler describes himself: “I Continue reading
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Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, medical thriller, Peyton McKean, The Jihad Virus
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I’d like to thank
I thanked the faculty, past and present, for their dedication to seeing each student live up to his or her full potential. Continue reading
Posted in Author, Real Science
Tagged Dinosaur Wars, epitope tag, FLAG epitope, Hall of Fame, Peyton McKean, Seattle, West Seattle High School
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