| Acronym | Meaning |
| MOU | Memorandum Of Understanding |
| MRC | Medical Research Council |
| MS | Mass Spectrometry |
| NABT | Natl. Assoc. Of Biology Teachers |
| NACHGR | Natl. Advisory Council For Human Genome Res. |
| NAPBC | Natl. Action Plan On Breast Cancer |
| NAS | Natl. Academy Of Sciences |
| NASA | Natl. Aeronautics And Space Administration |
| NBAC | Natl. Bioethics Advisory Commission |
| NCGR | National Center For Genome Resources |
| NCI | Natl. Cancer Institute |
| NCSA | National Center For Supercomputing Applications |
| NCSL | National Conference Of State Legislatures |
| NCSU | North Carolina State University |
| NEH | National Endowment For The Humanities |
| NFCR | National Foundation For Cancer Research |
| NFID | National Foundation For Infectious Diseases |
| NHGRI | Natl. Human Genome Res. Inst. |
| NICHD | National Institute Of Child Health And Human Development |
| NIGMS | National Institute Of General Medical Sciences |
| NIGMS | Natl. Institute Of General Medical Sciences |
| NIH | National Institutes Of Health |
| NIST | Natl. Inst. Of Standards And Technology |
| NLGLP | National Laboratory Gene Library Project |
| NLM | National Library Of Medicine |
| NMHCC | National Managed Health Care Congress |
| NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
| NORD | National Organization For Rare Disorders |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NRSA | National Research Service Award |
| NSF | Natl. Sci. Foundation |
| NSGC | National Society Of Genetic Counselors |
| NSTA | National Science Teachers Association |
| NYAS | New York Academy Of Science |
| OAINN | Ohio Aerospace Institute Neural Networks |
| OBER | Office Of Biological And Environmental Research |
| OHER | Office Of Health And Environmental Research |
| OMIM | Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man |
| OPRR | Office Of Protection From Res. Risks |
| ORAU | Oak Ridge Associated Universities |
| ORDA | NIH Office Of Recombinant DNA Activities |
| ORF | Open Reading Frame |
| ORISE | Oak Ridge Inst. For Science And Education |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| OSU | Oregon State University |
| OTA | Office Of Technology Assessment |
| PAC | P1 Artificial Chromosome |
| PACHG | Program Advisory Committee On The Human Genome |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| PFGE | Pulsed-field Gel Electrophresis |