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  • noun Plural form of noncarrier.

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Examples

  • Similarly, 2.6% of stent patients carrying at least one copy of the variant had a clot form in the device, three times as many as the 0.8% rate among noncarriers.

    When Plavix May Not Work Ron Winslow 2010

  • Among noncarriers, there were 14% fewer heart attacks on the drug than on placebo, suggesting those with a genetic variant responded better to the drug.

    Gene Variant Is Said to Be Linked To Heart Attack and Prevention 2008

  • If all disease carriers have marker A at a particular spot on a chromosome whereas no noncarriers do, the disease gene must be close by.

    The Truth About Dogs 1999

  • If all disease carriers have marker A at a particular spot on a chromosome whereas no noncarriers do, the disease gene must be close by.

    The Truth About Dogs 1999

  • If all disease carriers have marker A at a particular spot on a chromosome whereas no noncarriers do, the disease gene must be close by.

    The Truth About Dogs 1999

  • KIF6 carriers versus noncarriers has only been reported for atorvastatin and pravastatin therapy.

    Celera Files U.S. Regulatory Application for KIF6 Genotyping Assay - Yahoo! Finance 2011

  • Initially, the project plans to enroll 100 relatives with the mutation who will receive the drug, plus 100 mutation carriers and 100 noncarriers who will receive a placebo.

    NYT > Home Page By PAM BELLUCK 2011

  • The results showed an effect between how much the confederate drank and the gene variant on volunteers 'alcohol consumption: When the confederate was seen consuming three or four drinks, carriers of the 7-repeat form of the gene drank more than twice as many glasses of alcohol than did noncarriers of the gene variant.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • These findings suggest that individuals carrying this form of the DRD4 gene may be more sensitive than noncarriers to other people's drinking behavior.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • However, when the confederate consumed only one drink, there was no difference in alcohol consumption between carriers and noncarriers.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

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