| BMBL |
Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories |
| BSL |
biosafety level |
| caBIG™ |
cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CMMI |
Capability Maturity Model Integration |
| COI |
conflict of interest |
| DHHS |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| DNA |
deoxyribonucleic acid |
| FDA |
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| GINA |
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act |
| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HITECH |
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health |
| IATA |
International Air Transport Association intellectual property |
| IRB |
institutional review board |
| MTA |
material transfer agreement |
| NCI |
National Cancer Institute |
| OBBR |
Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research |
| OHRP |
Office for Human Research Protections |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| OHRP |
Office for Human Research Protections |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| PHI |
protected health information |
| PHS |
Public Health Service |
| QA/QC |
quality assurance/quality control |
| QMS |
quality management system |
| RNA |
ribonucleic acid |
| SOP |
standard operating procedure |
