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BB-1701 (HER2 ADC)

BB-1701 is an investigational anti-HER2 antibody-drug conjugate by BlissBio and Eisai, pairing a trastuzumab-sequence antibody with an eribulin payload (DAR 4) for HER2-positive and HER2-low solid tumors, including T-DXd-pretreated breast cancer.

BB-8

BB-8 is a fictional astromech droid in the Star Wars franchise, introduced in The Force Awakens (2015) as the spherical orange-and-white companion of Resistance pilot Poe Dameron.

BB&T

BB&T, short for Branch Banking and Trust Company, was an American bank holding company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, founded in 1872, that merged with SunTrust in 2019.

BB65-RCC

BB65-RCC (CVCL_1078, also BB65 or CAJE) is a human male renal cell carcinoma cell line from the Ludwig Institute Brussels, TP53 p.Arg248Trp, HLA-A*02, used in RCC immunotherapy and DepMap/COSMIC datasets.

BB84

BB84 is a quantum key distribution protocol developed by Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard in 1984, the first quantum cryptography protocol, letting two parties share a secret key.

BB84 protocol

The BB84 protocol, devised by Bennett and Brassard in 1984, lets two parties share a secret key through photon polarization states, with eavesdropping revealed as errors.

BBC

The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is the UK's public service broadcaster, founded 1922, chartered 1927, funded by the £180 TV licence fee, regulated by Ofcom, with its current Royal Charter expiring 31 December 2027 amid a funding and governance review.

BBC Alba

BBC Alba is a Scottish Gaelic-language television channel operated by the BBC and MG ALBA, launched in 2008 as the first dedicated Gaelic-medium channel in history.

BBC America

BBC America is an American cable and satellite channel broadcasting BBC dramas, comedies, and documentaries; launched in 1998, it has been wholly owned by AMC Networks since 2024.

BBC Asian Network

BBC Asian Network is the BBC's national digital radio station for British Asian music and speech, which grew from a Leicester program in 1976 and went nationwide in 2002.

BBC Big Band

The BBC Big Band, also known as the BBC Radio Big Band, is a British big band run by the BBC, tracing its lineage to a 1928 dance orchestra.

BBC Breakfast

BBC Breakfast is the BBC's morning news programme on BBC One and the BBC News channel, launched as Breakfast Time on 17 January 1983, Europe's first regular breakfast TV service, presented from Salford since 2012.

BBC Choice

BBC Choice was a BBC digital television channel launched 23 September 1998, the first British channel broadcast exclusively in digital format and the BBC's first new general channel since BBC2 in 1964; it closed 8 February 2003, replaced by BBC Three.

BBC Cymru Wales

BBC Cymru Wales, also known as BBC Wales, is the BBC's national broadcaster for Wales, producing television, radio, and online services in English and Welsh for 3.1 million people.

BBC Domesday Project

The BBC Domesday Project, also known as BBC Domesday, was an interactive multimedia survey of UK life published in 1986 to mark the 900th anniversary of the Domesday Book.

BBC Four

BBC Four is the BBC's UK digital channel for arts, culture and international factual programming, launched 2 March 2002 to replace BBC Knowledge, broadcasting nightly from 7pm as an intellectually enriching alternative to mainstream BBC channels.

BBC Hausa

BBC Hausa is the Hausa-language service of the BBC World Service, the BBC's first African language service, launched 13 March 1957. It serves northern Nigeria and Niger via shortwave, FM relays, online and social media, with tens of millions of weekly listeners.

BBC iPlayer

BBC iPlayer is the BBC's UK-only on-demand and live streaming service, launched Christmas Day 2007 from the iMP project, offering 30-day catch-up, archive, and live channels on certified devices.

BBC Micro

The BBC Microcomputer, known as the BBC B in its Model B form, was an 8-bit computer made by Acorn for the BBC's Computer Literacy Project, launched in 1982.

BBC News

BBC News is the news division of the British Broadcasting Corporation, founded 1922, the UK's most used news source and a leading global broadcaster. Known for charter-bound impartiality, 467 million weekly international audience, and the 2025 Panorama Trump-edit resignations.

BBC News (international TV channel)

BBC News, formerly BBC World News and BBC World, is the BBC's international English-language 24-hour pay TV channel, launched as World Service Television News in 1991, merged with the UK channel under the BBC News name in April 2023, reaching 467 million weekly.

BBC News Online

BBC News Online, also known as the BBC News website, is the BBC's news website, launched in December 1997 and operated from Broadcasting House in London.

BBC North West Tonight

North West Tonight is the BBC's regional evening news programme for North West England, broadcast from MediaCityUK, Salford. Descended from 1957 northern news bulletins and renamed in 1984, it airs at 18:30 and 22:30 on BBC One North West.

BBC One

BBC One is the BBC's flagship mixed-genre UK television channel, with national versions for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Launched as the BBC Television Service on 2 November 1936, it became BBC1 after BBC2's 1964 launch and remains a main public service channel.

BBC Online

BBC Online is the collective name for the British Broadcasting Corporation's internet services, centered on bbc.co.uk, launched in December 1997, including BBC iPlayer and BBC News Online.

BBC Persian

BBC Persian (بی‌بی‌سی فارسی) is the BBC's Persian-language news service in London, on radio since 1940 and television since 2009, reaching about 24 million weekly.

BBC Proms

The BBC Proms, formally the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Presented by the BBC, is a summer classical music festival at London's Royal Albert Hall. Founded 10 August 1895 by Robert Newman with conductor Henry Wood; BBC-run since 1927.

BBC Radio

BBC Radio is the radio division of the BBC, broadcasting since 14 November 1922 from 2LO London. Its national networks (Radios 1-6 Music, 5 Live) date from the 1967 relaunch; Radio 2 leads with 12.7m weekly listeners, and BBC Sounds is UK-only since July 2025.

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1: UK national BBC pop music station launched 30 September 1967 with Tony Blackburn, aimed at young audiences (15-29), regulated by Ofcom with new music quotas, sister station 1Xtra, Dance and Anthems Sounds streams.

BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is the BBC's national mixed music and speech network for listeners over 35, launched 30 September 1967 from the Light Programme; the UK's most-listened station at about 12.4–12.7 million weekly listeners.