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Bioavailability

The ease of access a drug or nutrient may have to its site of biological action; e.g. the ability of an antisense oligonucleotide designed to target a neuroreceptor to cross the blood-brain barrier, the ability of vitamin B12 to be absorbed by the digestive system

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