Thursday, July 24, 2008
Newly-Discovered Protein Named After Video Game Character
The Nintendo Generation has grown up. The world will never be the same.
Researchers in Japan have discovered a protein used in transmission of kinetic information from the eye to the brain, which can be used to help cure hereditary blindness.
They named the protein Pikachurin, after the Pokémon character Pikachu.
I am not making this up.
Maybe someone else did and this article is a hoax, but I think it's kinda cool.
Labels: Geek Life, Mainstream Games
- posted by The Rampant Coyote @ 1:52 AM (Permalink)
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It actually isn’t the first protein named after a computer character. In the early to mid 90s (if memory serves me correctly), a group of proteins were described that had a characteristically spiky appearance. These were termed the hedgehog proteins, with one of the first members being called Sonic...
With respect to the pikachurin protein, the work is being published in Nature Neuroscience, so no, it isn't a hoax.
With respect to the pikachurin protein, the work is being published in Nature Neuroscience, so no, it isn't a hoax.
# posted by 
: July 24, 2008 2:51 AM
: July 24, 2008 2:51 AM
It's a bit late. Remember, Sega do what Nintendon't.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog
# posted by : July 24, 2008 2:52 AM
: July 24, 2008 2:52 AM
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