65. bispecific therapeutic proteins Proteins that are composed of subunits having two different antigen-binding sites, thereby binding to two different target species.
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66. Bland–Altman plot Also known as the ‘difference plot’. Statistical tool used as a measure of plotting and analyzing the agreement between two different assays.
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blank sample In bioanalysis, a sample of a biological matrix to which no analytes and no internal standard have been added, which is used to assess the specificity of a bioanalytical method, the absence of matrix effects, and for interference testing.
68. blood–brain barrier A semi-permeable endothelial membrane separating blood from cerebrospinal fluid representing a barrier to the transport of cells and xenobiotics to the brain.
