Title: Pokemon Doesn't Cause Cancer?
Purple Ranger 14 - December 21, 2005 08:25 PM (GMT)
Pokemon Doesn't Cause Cancer?
Pokemon USA, publisher of the popular game and trading card series, has threatened legal action against the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York to stop it from using the term "Pokemon" to refer to a cancer-causing gene, the GameSpot Web site reported.
One of the center's scientists, Pier Paolo Pandolfi, used the word Pokemon to refer to the cancer-causing POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic gene in a January issue of the science journal Nature, leading to a rush of headlines proclaiming "Pokemon causes cancer."
The center has complied with Pokemon USA's demands and now refers to the gene by the name Zbtb7, Nature reported.
The name "Pokemon" is a contraction of "pocket monster."
This is not the first time researchers have dipped into the world of gaming for a research nickname, the GameSpot site reported. The Sonic hedgehog gene was named after Sega's speedy mascot in 1993. Sega has never sued over the matter, even though mutations in the developmental gene can lead to a number of brain and facial defects, including cyclopia.
Nomytaker - December 22, 2005 06:13 PM (GMT)
This is the reason, why people think that Video games are bad for you.
Purple Ranger 14 - December 25, 2005 04:39 AM (GMT)
Jerks. Video games can be educational. Reflexes can be developed playing games.
Rainbow3x_KingKnight - December 25, 2005 03:56 PM (GMT)
i agree with Bobby on this one.
The_Crow - December 25, 2005 07:58 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Purple Ranger 14 @ Dec 24 2005, 11:39 PM) |
| Jerks. Video games can be educational. Reflexes can be developed playing games. |
I agree as well
Purple Ranger 14 - December 26, 2005 05:40 PM (GMT)
I, myself, have played many video games.
Nomytaker - December 27, 2005 11:43 AM (GMT)
I've played too many video games to count.
Purple Ranger 14 - December 30, 2005 08:08 PM (GMT)
Same. This is Post #28000!!!!!!
