| Acronym | Meaning |
| HERAC | Health And Environmental Research Advisory Committee |
| BP | Base Pair |
| ERDA | Energy Research And Development Administration |
| CE | Capillary Electrophoresis |
| DM | Myotonic Dystrophy |
| FAP | Familial Adenomatous Polyposis |
| DOE | Department Of Energy |
| PCR | Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| AMIA | American Medical Informatics Association |
| PSC | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center |