Glossary

The National Cancer Institute is "the federal government's principal agency for cancer research and training. . . . [It] is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of 11 agencies that make up the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)." (National Cancer Institute. Accessed May 9, 2018). 

"A failure to behave with the level of care that someone of ordinary prudence would have exercised under the same circumstances. The behavior usually consists of actions, but can also consist of omissions when there is some duty to act." (Legal Information Institute. Cornell Law School. Accessed May 9, 2018)

"Every state in the United States has a public health program that screens babies for many serious conditions. Shortly after a baby is born, a health professional takes a few drops of blood from the baby's heel and places it on an NBS filter paper card. This dried blood sample is sent to the state's NBS laboratory for analysis." (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed April 22, 2026)

The National Human Genome Research Institute is part of the National Institutes for Health. It "was established in 1989 to carry out the role of the NIH in the International Human Genome Project (HGP), and now conducts and funds genetic and genomic research." (National Human Genome Research Institute. Accessed May 9, 2018)

The National Institutes of Health "is made up of 27 Institutes and Centers," including the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and National Cancer Institute (NCI), "each with a specific research agenda, often focusing on particular diseases or body systems." (National Institutes of Health. Accessed April 22, 2026)