| AA | African American |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| CCLE | Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia |
| CR | Conditional reprogramming |
| EA | European American |
| GMS | Global mutational subtype |
| GWASs | Genome-wide association studies |
| H3Africa | The Human Heredity and Health in Africa consortium |
| HICs | High-income countries |
| HTS | High-throughput screen |
| IC50 | Half-maximal inhibitory concentration |
| iPSCs | Induced pluripotent stem cells |
| PALOP | Portuguese-speaking African Countries |
| PC | Prostate cancer |
| PD | Population doubling |
| PFA | Paraformaldehyde |
| PMDA | Precision Medicine Diversity array |
| RLU | Relative light unit |
| ROCK | Rho kinase inhibitor |
| SNP | Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism |
| SSA | Sub-Saharan African |
| STR | Short tandem repeat |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| TOP1 | Topoisomerase type 1 |
| TOP2 | Topoisomerase type 2 |
| WGS | Whole-genome sequencing |