"Peter Wiley" wrote in message
She's just been over in China
advising them on how to set up a neonatal screening lab and the IAEA
is
hiring her to set up another lab in the Philippines.

What does the International Atomic Energy Agency have to do with neonate
screenings? Just curious.

Radioisotope assay techniques IIRC. They fund quite a bit of research
into uses of radioactive substances. I'm just a computer hacker, not a
biochemist or geneticist. If you really want to know I'll ask my wife.
Drop me a line at my email addy with a genuine return address and I'l
get back to you. Got an icebreaker coming into port in a couple days so
I'm about to be very busy for a bit.

That pretty well answers my question, Pete. I was just curious. I have to
admit that I'm surprised to learn that radioisotopic substances are used
with neonates. Traditionally that was a no-no. Perhaps the isotopic
degradation levels are low enough now as to be inconsequential to
rapidly-growing cells. Interesting.

Max