| ARO |
Israel Agricultural Research Organization |
| BARD |
U.S.-Israel Agricultural Research & Development Fund |
| BGU |
Ben-Gurion University |
| BIRD |
U.S.-Israel Industrial Research & Development Foundation |
| BSF |
U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation |
| DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| ELISA |
Enzyme-linked Immunosorbant Assay |
| FDA |
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| GCP |
FDA Good Clinical Practices Regulations |
| GNP |
Gross National Product |
| HU |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| IHE |
Institutions of Higher Education |
| MATIMOP |
Israel Industry Center for R&D (Hebrew) |
| MERC |
AID's Middle-East Regional Cooperation Program |
| MIT |
Israel Ministry of Industry and Trade |
| MOH |
Israel Ministry of Health |
| MOSA |
Israel Ministry of Science and the Arts |
| NCB |
Israel National Committee for Biotechnology |
| NSCB |
Israel National Steering Committee for Biotechnology |
| OCS |
Office of the Chief Scientist |
| PTC |
Plant Tissue Culture |
| RA |
Research Authority |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| RNA |
Ribonucleic Acid |
| RTP |
Research Triangle Park, N.C. |
| S&T |
Science and Technology |
| TAU |
Tel Aviv University |
| USISTC |
U.S.-Israel Science and Technology Commission |
| VATAT |
Planning and Grants Committee of the Israel Council on Higher
Education (Hebrew) |
| WGB |
The USISTC's Working Group on Biotechnology |
| YISSUM |
Hebrew University's Commercialization Unit |