| Acronym | Meaning |
| AACC | American Association For Clinical Chemistry |
| HELSRD | Health Effects And Life Science Research Division |
| RFLP | Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| ERDA | Energy Research And Development Administration |
| ASCB | American Society For Cell Biology |
| IUBMB | Intl. Union Of Biochemistry And Molecular Biology |
| FRAXA | Fragile X Locus |
| NACHGR | Natl. Advisory Council For Human Genome Res. |
| UMDS | United Medical & Dental Schools (Univ. Of London) |