Carrier

Carrier, hemophilia: See: Hemophilia carrier.
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Magnetic-targeted carrier: A tiny bead made from particles of iron and carbon that can be attached to an drug. A magnet applied from outside the body then can direct the drug, for example, to the site of a tumor.
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Carrier testing is performed to determine whether a person carries one copy of an altered gene for a particular disease.
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Carrier detection testing for all families is not yet reliable. The mutations for types A and B have been extensively studied, particularly among the Ashkenazi Jewish population, and DNA tests for these forms of Niemann-Pick are available.
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CARRIER: A person who harbors an infectious disease (such as hepatitis) without any clinical signs of it and is a potential source of infection.
CAT SCAN: See CT Scan.
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Carriers of the gene can be identified with a blood test. Pregnant women can be assessed using ultrasound to determine the sex of the baby and so estimate the risk of the disease.
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carrier
Someone who's capable of transmitting a disease (especially an infectious or genetic disorder) to another person but who usually has no symptoms of the disease.
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Carrier, S., G. Brock, N. W. Kour, and T. F. Lue. "Pathophysiology of Erectile Dysfunction." Urology 42 (Oct. 1993): 468-481.
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Carrieri MP, Pradier C, Piselli P, et al.: Reduced incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma and of systemic non-hodgkin's lymphoma in HIV-infected individuals treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy. Int J Cancer 103 (1): 142-4, 2003.
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Carrier oil
An oil used to dilute essential oils for use in massage and other skin care applications.
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Chronic carriers usually do not develop chronic hepatitis. If it does develop, however, cirrhosis and primary cancer of the liver can be long-term consequences.
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magnetic-targeted carrier
A tiny bead made from particles of iron and carbon that can be attached to an anticancer drug. A magnet applied from outside the body then can direct the drug to the tumor site.
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If you are an HIV carrier or have an active case of AIDS, follow these guidelines to prevent the spread of AIDS: ...
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TCS (transmembrane carrier systems) A drug delivery technology/system which employs a lipid envelope to encapsulate intravenous chemotherapeutic and oligonucleotide drugs, ...
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electromotive; electromotive force; electromotor; electro-muscular; electromuscular sensibility; electromyogram; electromyograph; electromyography; electron; electron acceptor; electronarcosis; electron beam; electron capture; electron carrier; ...
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Evaluation of pyridine-3-carboxylic acid as a drug carrier by utilizing multivariate methods, structure property correlations, and pattern recognition techniques. Receptors Channels 2004;10(2):61-71.
Bays HE, Dujovne CA, McGovern ME, et al.
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Still other infections are introduced into the body by animal or insect carriers, e.g., rabies, malaria, encephalitis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The human disease carriers, i.e.
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More frequent carriers of this deadly virus are wild animals, particularly raccoons, skunks, bats and groundhogs. The deadly consequences of rabies can be prevented by treatment.
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If both parents are carriers of the defective cystic fibrosis gene, their child has a 25 percent chance of inheriting both those genes and developing the disease.
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According to the Medicare Carriers Manual, the services of certain non-physician practitioners may be covered "incident to" a physician’s professional services.
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It primarily affects males and is passed down through females (who are carriers). Children of carriers have a 50% chance of inheriting the defective gene. If they inherit it, the boys will be hemophiliacs, and the girls will be carriers.
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Eating a lot of saturated fat may raise the carriers of bad cholesterol in the blood. These bad carriers are called low-density lipoproteins, or LDL. A high amount of LDL in the blood can lead to plaque buildup in the arteries.
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Are known to be genetic carriers of specific forms of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes
Have had a first-degree relative (sister, mother or daughter) diagnosed with ovarian cancer
Have a relative who has had breast or colon cancer
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Globally, ticks are second only to mosquitoes as vectors (carriers) of human disease. In North America, ticks outrank even mosquitoes as the leading perpetrator of vector-borne infections.
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Both you and the father are known carriers of an inherited disease, such as Tay-Sachs disease, sickle cell anemia, or thalassemia (Mediterranean anemia).
You had an abnormal triple or quadruple test.
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A compound, usually of low molecular weight, that is not itself immunogenic but, when bound to a carrier protein or cell, becomes immunogenic and induces antibodies , which can bind the hapten either alone or in the presence of a carrier.
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If your partner knows he is a carrier or if he has ever had a girlfriend with herpes you need to have a consultation with a gynecologist knowledgeable in this area.
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one of four children will have the disease.
two of four children will be entirely normal but be carriers of the trait.
one of four children will be entirely normal and not be a carrier.
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Heterozygotes for a recessive gene are called carriers. They usually don't express the phenotype clinically, but it can frequently be identified by sensitive laboratory methods.
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The "venom" can be used as a carrier to transport radioactive iodine the brain to target the tumour cells left behind after surgery.
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They have to be transported to and from the cells by special carriers composed of lipids and proteins called lipoproteins. The two lipoproteins to be most concerned about are low density lipoproteins (LDL), and high density lipoproteins (HDL).
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All type I glycogen storage diseases are inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Autosomal chromosomes are the non-sex chromosomes. If both parents are carriers of the mutated gene, ...
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Hepatitis B can cause a much more severe infection than hepatitis A, and, can occur as an asymptomatic "carrier" state, a chronic infection, or as cirrhosis of the liver.
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The first group received a combination of essential oils - thyme, rosemary, lavender, and cedarwood in a base of carrier oils (jojoba and grapeseed) - massaged into their scalps daily.
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In the Northeast and North Central United States, the deer tick (Ioxodes scapularis) is responsible for transmission and in the Northwest, the western black-legged tick (Ioxodes pacificus) is the carrier.
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