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Betibeglogene autotemcel
Betibeglogene autotemcel (beti-cel, Zynteglo) is bluebird bio's lentiviral gene therapy adding βA-T87Q-globin to autologous CD34+ cells for transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia; FDA approved August 2022, EU authorisation withdrawn 2022.
Betika
Betika: Kenyan sports betting and gaming brand founded 2016, operated by Shop and Deliver Limited, Nairobi; active in ten African countries, sponsor of the CECAFA Kagame Cup and Kenyan clubs, licensed under BK-0001117 and PG-0001113.
Betim
Betim is a municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the Belo Horizonte metropolitan region; also Capela Nova de Betim. Industrial city founded 1711, emancipated 1938, home to REGAP refinery (1968) and Fiat's largest Brazilian plant (1976); 411,846 residents (2022 census).
BetMarket
BetMarket (БетМаркет) is a Bulgarian gambling brand founded in 1997 as a bingo hall, rebranded Betmarket Bingo & Slot in 2019, which ran a licensed online casino and sportsbook from December 2022 until 2023; distinct from a Greek affiliate site and a Swedish betting-platform company of the same name.
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton
Betnijah Laney-Hamilton (also Betnijah Laney), born 1993, American WNBA guard-forward from Clayton, Delaware; Rutgers; 2015 draft pick 17. 2020 Most Improved Player, 2021 All-Star, 2024 champion with New York Liberty, now Washington Mystics.
Beto (footballer, born 1998)
Beto (Norberto Bercique Gomes Betuncal, born 1998, Lisbon) is a Guinea-Bissau international forward, 1.94 m tall, who played for Portimonense, Udinese, and Everton (99 league games, 20 goals) before joining Fiorentina in September 2026.
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke (Robert Francis O'Rourke, born 1972) is a Democratic former U.S. representative from El Paso, Texas (2013-2019), who nearly unseated Ted Cruz in the 2018 Senate race (48.3% to 50.9%, $80 million raised), ran for president in 2020, and lost the 2022 Texas governor's race to Greg Abbott.
Beto Quintanilla
Beto Quintanilla (Norberto Quintanilla Iracheta) was a Mexican singer and songwriter of narcocorridos from General Terán, Nuevo León, active from 1976 until his death in 2007.
Betonica
Betonica (betony) is a genus of 10 perennial Lamiaceae species native to Europe, Central Asia, Iran, and NW Africa, including Betonica officinalis; molecular, cytological, and phytochemical evidence supports separating it from Stachys in tribe Betoniceae.
Betpak-Dala
Betpak-Dala (Бетпақдала; Russian: Бетпак-Дала), also known as the Northern Hungry Steppe, is a desert and arid plateau in central Kazakhstan, best known for its saiga antelope population.
Betr
Betr, formally Betr Holdings and formerly Instabet Inc., is a Miami-based sports gaming and media company founded in 2021 by Joey Levy and Jake Paul.
Betrayal
Betrayal: violation of trust or loyalty by a relationship partner, also called treachery or perfidy. Covers infidelity, lying, secret-revealing, and treason; distinguished from mere disappointment by commitment to loyalty.
Betrayal (British TV series)
Betrayal is a 2026 four-part ITV espionage thriller starring Shaun Evans as MI5 officer John Hughes, written by David Eldridge, produced by Mammoth Screen, distinct from the 2023 Hulu documentary of the same name.
Betrayal (play)
Betrayal is Harold Pinter's 1978 play, premiered at the National Theatre under Peter Hall, telling a seven-year affair among Emma, Robert and Jerry in reverse chronology from 1977 to 1968, based partly on Pinter's affair with Joan Bakewell.
Betrayal at House on the Hill
Betrayal at House on the Hill is a 3-6 player Avalon Hill horror board game (2004; 2nd ed 2010; 3rd ed 2022) where players tile-build a haunted house until a haunt roll turns one player into a traitor across 50 scenarios.
Betrayal at Krondor
Betrayal at Krondor: 1993 Dynamix/Sierra MS-DOS first-person RPG in Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar universe, with turn-based grid combat, an open world, and a Feist novelization.
Betrayal: Secrets & Lies
Betrayal: Secrets & Lies is a 2026 ABC true-crime docuseries adapted from iHeartPodcasts' Betrayal podcast, hosted by Andrea Gunning; eight weekly episodes each cover one betrayal story, streaming next day on Disney+ and Hulu.
Betrayed by Rita Hayworth
Betrayed by Rita Hayworth (La traición de Rita Hayworth) is the 1968 debut novel of Argentine writer Manuel Puig, portraying a small-town boy in the pampas.
Betrest
Betrest, also rendered Batirytes, was a royal woman of Egypt's First Dynasty, known from the annal tradition as the mother of Semerkhet, Anedjib's successor.
Betrixaban
Betrixaban, sold as Bevyxxa, is an oral direct factor Xa inhibitor approved by the FDA in 2017 to prevent venous thromboembolism in hospitalized adults with limited mobility.
Betrothed to My Sister's Ex
Betrothed to My Sister's Ex (ずたぼろ令嬢は姉の元婚約者に溺愛される) is a Japanese romance light novel by Tobirano, adapted into a manga by Chikage Nakakura and a 2025 anime; neglected heroine Marie is betrothed to Count Kyros, who loved her, not her sister.
Betsey Armstrong
Betsey Armstrong (Elizabeth Anne Armstrong, born 1983), American water polo goalkeeper from Ann Arbor, Michigan; USA national team starter 2006-2014, 2008 Olympic silver, 2012 Olympic gold, FINA Player of the Year 2010.
Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson (born 1942) is the American designer of the eponymous "pretty and punk" label, founded with Chantal Bacon in 1978, known for runway cartwheels, leopard prints, and the 2026 Paris Hilton collection.
Betsimisaraka Confederation
The Betsimisaraka Confederation was an early eighteenth-century union of clans on Madagascar's northeast coast, founded by Ratsimilaho, son of an English pirate and a Malagasy princess.
Betskoy's educational institutions
Betskoy's educational institutions (Воспитательные дома) were foundling homes in Moscow and St. Petersburg plus the Smolny Institute, created in 1760s Russia on Ivan Betskoy's plan under Catherine II.
Betsy (Russian singer)
Betsy, also known as Betsy Girl, is a Russian child singer from Saint Petersburg whose 2024 single "Sigma Boy" became a viral international hit, reaching seventh on a Billboard dance chart.
Betsy Ancker-Johnson
Betsy Ancker-Johnson (1927–2020) was an American solid-state plasma physicist who studied electron-hole plasmas in semiconductors and became General Motors' first woman vice president and the first woman vice president in the automotive industry.
Betsy Arakawa
Betsy Machiko Arakawa (1959-2025), Hawaiian-born American classical pianist, Gene Hackman's second wife, co-founder of Santa Fe store Pandora's; died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in February 2025.
Betsy Beard
Betsy Beard (Elizabeth Ann Beard-Stillings, born 1961, Baltimore) is an American coxswain who won Olympic gold in the women's eight at Los Angeles 1984, placed sixth at Seoul 1988, and took 1987 World Championship silver.
Betsy Blair
Betsy Blair (Elizabeth Winifred Boger, 1923–2009), American stage and film actress and first wife of Gene Kelly. Blacklisted in the 1950s, she earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination as Clara in Marty (1955) and later worked in European cinema.