No. The fact that a person who provides services is paid as an independent contractor, that is, without payroll deductions and with income reported by an IRS form 1099 rather than a W-2, is of no significance whatsoever in determining employment status.
Inherited metabolic disorders are a range of diseases caused by defective genes. Though rare, they can have devastating consequences for patients and their families. Research by the pharmaceutical industry has led to many specialised treatments.n the human body, the urea cycle is the metabolic pathway allowing the transformation of ammonia into urea. In children with N-acetylglutamate synthetase (NAGS) deï¬ciency, the disorder leads to a build up of ammonia in the blood which can cause irreversible brain damage or death.
Cystic fibrosis (SIS-tik fi-BRO-sis), or CF, is an inherited disease of the secretory (see-KREH-tor-ee) glands. Secretory glands include glands that make mucus and sweat. Inherited means the disease is passed from parents to children through genes. People who have CF inherit two faulty genes for the diseaseâone from each parent. The parents likely don't have the disease themselves. CF mainly affects the lungs, pancreas, liver, intestines, sinuses, and sex organs.