Definition of "nonresponders" [nonresponders]

• Plural form of nonresponder. (noun)

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• "When researchers gave such nonresponders a higher dose, 72 percent got much better, their symptoms dropping by 50 percent or more."
• "Stanford has filed a patent application for a blood test that would distinguish between responders and nonresponders, but said the researchers wouldn't benefit financially."
• "Differentiating between responders and nonresponders to beta-interferon could help thousands of people skip the drug and avoid the flu-like symptoms that accompany it, while assuring others that they are likely to benefit, doctors said."