The short nature of microRNAs (miRNAs) has presented unique obstacles to experimental biologists. Two research papers in this issue of Nature Methods describe solutions to some of these problems and provide high-resolution data on the expression patterns of these tiny regulatory RNAs.
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Hammond, S. microRNA detection comes of age. Nat Methods 3, 12–13 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth0106-12
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