K. John Morrow, Jr., PhD

K. John Morrow, Jr., PhD, is president of Newport Biotechnology Consultants, 625 Washington Avenue, Newport, KY 41071, kjohnmorrowjr@insightbb.com.

Articles

Building a Biotech Educational Infrastructure

Cities, counties, states; every political entity in our country is driving to develop a biotechnology presence in its respective region.

Success is an Orphan

An old saying goes, "Success has a thousand fathers; failure is an orphan."

The Search for Cancer Diagnostic Markers: A Race Against Time

At this time there are no effective diagnostic tests for cancer that are rapid, economical, highly specific, and highly sensitive. This deficiency means that many cases of malignancy go undetected until long past the time of effective treatment. Much cancer research, including investigations carried out by both the academic and private sector, is focused on combining therapy and diagnostics as "theragnostics."

Book Review: Inside the FDA

In March of 1932, socialite and millionaire playboy Eben M. Byers died of a horrible and mysterious disease, his body corroded until his bones began to shatter apart. Strikingly handsome in his youth, by the time of his death a series of last ditch operations had eliminated the lower part of his face and reduced him to a distorted shadow of his former self. His bizarre death was the result of his addiction to a quack cure, radium-laced water.