Hot news from summer 2003

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Centrepiece Summer 2003 2

All is not equal Theory suggests that market forces should bring the relative pay of skilled workers into line in different regions within a country. that this is not the case for the UK and argue that regional industrial policy needs to take this into account.

NIEHS News April 2003

Background: Although the incidence of toxoplasmosis is low in the United States, up to 6000 congenital cases occur annually. In September 1998, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention held a conference about toxoplasmosis; participants recommended a survey of the toxoplasmosis-related knowledge and practices of obstetrician-gynecologists and the development of professional educational ma...

NIEHS News May 2003

A 55-year-old gravida 4, para 2022 Caucasian woman was referred for evaluation and management of chronic recurrent vulvovaginitis. The patient reported approximately five years of vaginal symptoms consisting primarily of ‘burning’ and ‘itching’, with ‘outbreaks’ occurring every 1–3 months. She had been treated, in response to symptoms and culture results, with a variety of systemic and topical ...

NIEHS News October 2003

Background: Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy (HIBM) is an autosomal recessive, adult onset, non-inflammatory neuromuscular disorder with no effective treatment. The causative gene, GNE, codes for UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase, which catalyzes the first two reactions in the synthesis of sialic acid. Reduced sialylation of muscle glycoproteins, such as α-dystrogl...