| Acronym | Meaning |
| HLA | Human Leukocyte Antigen |
| AMIA | American Medical Informatics Association |
| DM | Myotonic Dystrophy |
| GRAIL | Gene Recognition And Analysis Internet Link |
| ABRF | Association Of Biomolecular Resource Facilities |
| ASCB | American Society For Cell Biology |
| TIGR | The Inst. For Genomic Research |
| HGN | Human Genome News |
| SCAN | Sequence Comparison ANalysis Program |
| AACR | American Association For Cancer Research |