| Acronym | Meaning |
| NCSU | North Carolina State University |
| GMCRF | General Motors Cancer Res. Foundation |
| NAPBC | Natl. Action Plan On Breast Cancer |
| PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| AMIA | American Medical Informatics Association |
| OAINN | Ohio Aerospace Institute Neural Networks |
| HAEC | Human Artificial Episomal Chromosome |
| IG | IntelliGenetics |
| SBH | Sequencing By Hybridization |
| GBR | Global Business Research |