Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates
Scientists have renamed 27 human genes to stop Microsoft Excel misreading them as dates. The changes have been underway for the past year but have been formally announced as new guidelines published by the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee. Scientist are overjoyed but annoyed Microsoft didn’t make th…
✒ Studies found a fifth of genetic data in papers was affected by Excel errors.