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Terms and Definitions

These terms and their definitions have been developed from glossaries prepared by (1) U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, (2) National Institutes of Health's Understanding Gene Therapy On-line Glossary, and (3) Genetics Education Center, University of Kansas Medical Center.

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Acronyms not appearing in the glossary, may be included in the List of Acronyms.

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AEC
Atomic Energy Commission
ANL*
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
ATCC
American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, MD
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BNL*
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
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CEPH
Centre d'Etude du Polymorphisme Humain
CRADA
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
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DKFZ
German Cancer Research Center
DOE
Department of Energy
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ERDA
Energy Research and Development Administration
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FCCSET
Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology
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GDB*‡
Genome Data Base
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HERAC*
Health and Environmental Research Advisory Committee
HGCC*
Human Genome Coordinating Committee
HGMIS*
Human Genome Management Information System (ORNL)
HUGO
Human Genome Organization (international)
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JHU
Johns Hopkins University
JITF*‡
Joint Informatics Task Force
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LANL*
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
LBL*
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
LLNL*
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
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MRC
Medical Research Council (U.K.)
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NAS
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
NHGRI‡
National Human Genome Research Institute
NIH‡
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
NLGLP*
National Laboratory Gene Library Project (LANL, LLNL)
NRC
National Research Council (NAS)
NSF
National Science Foundation
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OHER*
Office of Health and Environmental Research
ORNL*
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
OSTP
Office of Scientific and Technology Policy (White House)
OTA
Office of Technology Assessment (U.S. Congress)
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PACHG‡
Program Advisory Committee on the Human Genome
PNL*
Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, WA
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SBIR
Small Business Innovation Research
SCC
Scientific Coordinating Committee
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TWAS
Third World Academy of Sciences
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USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture

* Denotes U.S. Department of Energy organizations.
‡ Denotes U.S. Department of Health and Human Services organizations.

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