Previous popular thread, Aug 2020: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24070385 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24070385 > Scientists rename human genes

Previous popular thread, Aug 2020: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24070385 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24070385 > Scientists rename human genes to stop MS Excel from misreading them as dates (theverge.com) Related details: 2023: https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-finally-fixes-excel-glitch-that-caused-major-headaches-for-scientists 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/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9325790/ > Gene Updater: a web tool that autocorrects and updates for Excel misidentified gene names