Editing MicroRNA (section)

===Inherited diseases===
A mutation in the seed region of miR-96 causes hereditary progressive hearing loss.<ref name="pmid19363479">{{cite journal | vauthors = Mencía A, Modamio-Høybjør S, Redshaw N, Morín M, Mayo-Merino F, Olavarrieta L, Aguirre LA, del Castillo I, Steel KP, Dalmay T, Moreno F, Moreno-Pelayo MA | title = Mutations in the seed region of human miR-96 are responsible for nonsyndromic progressive hearing loss | journal = Nature Genetics | volume = 41 | issue = 5 | pages = 609–13 | date = May 2009 | pmid = 19363479 | doi = 10.1038/ng.355 | s2cid = 11113852 }}</ref>

A mutation in the seed region of miR-184 causes hereditary keratoconus with anterior polar cataract.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Hughes AE, Bradley DT, Campbell M, Lechner J, Dash DP, Simpson DA, Willoughby CE | title = Mutation altering the miR-184 seed region causes familial keratoconus with cataract | journal = American Journal of Human Genetics | volume = 89 | issue = 5 | pages = 628–33 | date = November 2011 | pmid = 21996275 | pmc = 3213395 | doi = 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.09.014 }}</ref>

Deletion of the miR-17~92 cluster causes skeletal and growth defects.<ref name="pmid21892160">{{cite journal | vauthors = de Pontual L, Yao E, Callier P, Faivre L, Drouin V, Cariou S, Van Haeringen A, Geneviève D, Goldenberg A, Oufadem M, Manouvrier S, Munnich A, Vidigal JA, Vekemans M, Lyonnet S, Henrion-Caude A, Ventura A, Amiel J | title = Germline deletion of the miR-17~92 cluster causes skeletal and growth defects in humans | journal = Nature Genetics | volume = 43 | issue = 10 | pages = 1026–30 | date = September 2011 | pmid = 21892160 | pmc = 3184212 | doi = 10.1038/ng.915 }}</ref>