Cancer research institute challenged over Pokemon gene: Difference between revisions

From Bulbanews, your community Pokémon newspaper.
Jump to navigationJump to search
(Created with the new article assistant.)
 
mNo edit summary
 
Line 13: Line 13:
tagline=NOA threaten legal action |
tagline=NOA threaten legal action |
blurb=Nintendo threaten legal action over the gene that was named after Pokémon back in January. }}
blurb=Nintendo threaten legal action over the gene that was named after Pokémon back in January. }}
{{CategorizeIn|Meta|12|05}}
{{CategorizeIn|Pokémon meta|12|05}}


Back in January, researchers discovered a new gene while working on curing cancer and they named it after Pokémon.  Eleven months on, and Nintendo apparently do not approve of the naming.
Back in January, researchers discovered a new gene while working on curing cancer and they named it after Pokémon.  Eleven months on, and Nintendo apparently do not approve of the naming.

Latest revision as of 20:10, 15 December 2005

NOA threaten legal action
Article
Discussion
Report error
  • Thursday, December 15, 2005

001Bulbasaur Dream.png
This article brought to you by Bulbanews, your community Pokémon newspaper.
Link to this article

Back in January, researchers discovered a new gene while working on curing cancer and they named it after Pokémon. Eleven months on, and Nintendo apparently do not approve of the naming.

Information is currently scarce, but Google News cached this from a subscription website:

A cancer research institute has been threatened with legal action by the US branch of Japanese video-game franchise Pokémon, after one of its researchers...

The title of the news story is Pokémon blocks gene name.