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The Fromm Lab
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lab at @UiTNorgesarktis studying microRNAs, paleotranscriptomics, biosystematics with a fable for flatworms.

MirGeneDB, MirMachine, MirMiner (soon!)
Curious work! Have you also checked the other MIR-17 members located on X?
October 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Amazing work! Congratulations
October 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM
You answered about a month after the post. MirGeneDB has gone through the ~1800 listed human „microRNAs“ in miRBase and we cleared the mess to about 500. That implies 1300 baddies and you can find the list in supptable2 of our Annual reviews paper from 2015 (Fromm et al)
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Thanks. There are soooo many examples and when we wrote the manuscript was already in review
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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#2. This highlights the continuing shame of major journals doing a poor job of finding quality reviewers and not being responsible for the dubious work in their journals. They seem to want the flash, but are unwilling to clean up the messes they create.
October 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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#1. A huge number of "microRNAs" are not microRNAs. They will not act like microRNAs and should not be studied as microRNAs. Any studies of these "microRNAs" are dubious and likely erroneous and/or misinterpreted studies. MicroRNA studies should start with confirming it is in MirGeneDB.
October 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
And about papers that claim to have microRNAs as summarized here:

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October 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Unfortunately many papers covering „microRNAs“ cover such „microRNAs“:

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October 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
October 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
October 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Here is why we asked:

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October 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
October 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
October 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM