| Acronym | Meaning |
| NBAC | Natl. Bioethics Advisory Commission |
| SULS | Suffolk Univ. Law School |
| ASCB | American Society For Cell Biology |
| UICM | Univ. Of Illinois College Of Medicine |
| ORAU | Oak Ridge Associated Universities |
| IBF | International Business Forum |
| BDG | Batten's Disease Gene |
| ASHG | American Society For Human Genetics |
| PAC | P1 Artificial Chromosome |
| RLGS | Restriction Landmark Genomic Scanning |