| Acronym | Meaning |
| CHOP | Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia |
| HELSRD | Health Effects And Life Science Research Division |
| FEBS | Fed. Of Eur. Biochem. Soc. |
| UC | University Of California |
| SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research |
| CMT | Charcot-Marie-Tooth |
| SSR | Simple Sequence Repeat |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| OPRR | Office Of Protection From Res. Risks |
| AEC | Atomic Energy Commission |