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> Scientists rename human genes to stop MS Excel from misreading them as dates (theverge.com)

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2023:

https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-finally-fixes-excel-gli...

> Years after introducing Excel's automatic conversion features, Microsoft rolls out an update to prevent it from changing gene symbols to dates.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9325790/

> Gene Updater: a web tool that autocorrects and updates for Excel misidentified gene names



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