In 2020 scientists renamed 27 human genes because Microsoft Excel kept auto-converting their names into dates, causing widespread errors in published genetic research

Gene symbols like SEPT1 and MARCH1 were automatically turned into dates (e.g., “Sep-01,” “Mar-01”) when opened in Excel. These mistakes showed up in supplementary data and even peer-reviewed papers.

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pzxhqx/til_scientists_renamed_27_human_genes_in_2020/

#Microsoft #Excel #science #software #technology #genetics

In 2020 scientists renamed 27 human genes because Microsoft Excel kept auto-converting their names into dates, causing widespread errors in published genetic research

Gene symbols like SEPT1 and MARCH1 were automatically turned into dates (e.g., “Sep-01,” “Mar-01”) when opened in Excel. These mistakes showed up in supplementary data and even peer-reviewed papers.

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1pzxhqx/til_scientists_renamed_27_human_genes_in_2020/

#Microsoft #Excel #science #software #technology #genetics

Gene editing, with the potential to cure thousands suffering from rare diseases, face problem: It’s not profitable to spend millions making a drug that may only treat one person. But some have a solution. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/26/world/science-health/gene-editing-superstars/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #biotechnology #genetics

Modeling #Neanderthal and #Hsapiens interactions in #Iberia, Middle/Upper Palaeolithic transition

#archaeology #genetics

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0339184

“Oxford researchers determined that lifestyle and the environment is 10 times more likely to explain early death than #genetics.”

“The Human Genome Project [found] Five percent of all disease is purely genetic. Less than 40 percent of diseases even have a genetic component.”
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This story about the causes of Parkinson’s is a microcosm of how lifestyle and environment are way more predictive of disease and mortality than #genetics.

https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-thought-parkinsons-was-in-our-genes-it-might-be-in-the-water/

#EPA #toxicology #policy #exercise #diet #nutrition #epidemiology #wellbeing #health #science
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To history of science scholars that may be around: Do you happen to have any good refs on the history of chromosome linkage mapping, map units, the definition of the centiMorgan and so on?
#histsci #histbio #genetics #biology #historyofscience #haldane

https://theconversation.com/songbirds-swap-colorful-plumage-genes-across-species-lines-among-their-evolutionary-neighbors-268846

#science #genetics #birds

Brazil, the most diverse country in the world: Study reveals eight million new genetic variants

https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2025-05-20/brazil-the-most-diverse-country-in-the-world-study-reveals-eight-million-new-genetic-variants.html

Article on Science: Admixture’s impact on Brazilian population evolution and health

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl3564

#Brazil #Immigration #genetics #colonization #Africa #Europe #Indigenous

DNA Learning Center: Mechanism of Replication 3D Animation

https://dnalc.cshl.edu/resources/3d/04-mechanism-of-replication-advanced.html

#HackerNews #DNA #Learning #Center #Mechanism #of #Replication #3D #Animation #Education #Science #Animation #Genetics

https://theconversation.com/songbirds-swap-colorful-plumage-genes-across-species-lines-among-their-evolutionary-neighbors-268846

#science #genetics #birds

Japan plans to introduce a ban with penalties on implanting a genome-edited fertilized human egg into the womb of a human or another animal amid concerns over "designer babies." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/04/japan/gene-edit-baby-ban/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #genetics

Great Women of Science: Dr. Esther Lederberg –The Forgotten Heroine of Genetic Discovery

https://www.acsh.org/news/2025/11/28/great-women-science-dr-esther-lederberg-forgotten-heroine-genetic-discovery-49845

#Genetics #Microbiology #Science

Great Women of Science: Dr. Esther Lederberg –The Forgotten Heroine of Genetic Discovery

https://www.acsh.org/news/2025/11/28/great-women-science-dr-esther-lederberg-forgotten-heroine-genetic-discovery-49845

#Genetics #Microbiology #Science

Groundbreaking discovery from Italian researchers at University #LaSapienza: they’ve uncovered how genetic and epigenetic mechanisms, driven by #Notch3 protein and #RNA modification, fuel a rare pediatric leukemia (T-cell ALL).

This insight could revolutionize targeted therapies, improving outcomes for youngest patients.

Precision medicine is the future,
stop using #AI for bullsh*t,
use it for this.

#PediatricLeukemia #Genetics #CancerResearch #NHS