Cancer research institute challenged over Pokemon gene

NOA threaten legal action

Article Discussion Report error Thursday, December 15, 2005 Originally reported on Nature.com This article brought to you by Bulbanews, your community Pokémon newspaper.

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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.

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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...

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