| Acronym | Meaning |
| DMD | Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy |
| GRC | Gordon Res. Conf. |
| HERAC | Health And Environmental Research Advisory Committee |
| OHER | Office Of Health And Environmental Research |
| ABIC | Agricultural Biotechnology Intl. Conf. |
| NHGRI | Natl. Human Genome Res. Inst. |
| UICM | Univ. Of Illinois College Of Medicine |
| IMGS | Intl. Mammalian Genome Society |
| ORDA | NIH Office Of Recombinant DNA Activities |
| FASEB | Federation Of American Societies For Experimental Biology |