[MaryFromMichigan]

bttt...

[rawhide]

Wow! This could be really great.

[HitmanLV]

An international team of scientists believes it has found cancer's master switch with the discovery of a gene they dubbed "Pokemon."

Awesome news, but when I read this line, my first thought was, predictably, 'these guys should get out more.' ;-)

[freebilly]

I've always hated Pokemon....

[Echo Talon]

This is actually sad, we have been fighting Cancer for how long? And we don't even really know what it is? Now thats tax dollars spent wisely...

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

It's good that they found the switch, now I just hope they can turn it off.

[Paul C. Jesup]

An international team of scientists believes it has found cancer's master switch with the discovery of a gene they dubbed ``Pokemon.''

Like the electronic game figures -- tiny monsters with bad tempers -- the cancer-triggering gene apparently instigates the misbehavior of other cancer-causing genes, leading to tumor formation.

LOL!! Sometimes truth is screwier than fiction.

[Cicero]

I think I'll wait and see on this one, although it could be hopeful. But what works in the test tube doesn't always work in people. Let's hope.

[RandallFlagg]

Bush's fault.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

What does Pikichu have to say about this?

[facedown]

bump

[groanup]

Will this make the American Cancer Society glad or sad?

[Finalapproach29er]

I believe the crooks of the medical profession when I see it with my own eyes.

[gopwinsin04]

[Wild Irish Rogue]

"We know already that as an oncogene, Pokemon is involved in other ... tumors," and is likely active in a wide range of cancers: breast, prostate, bladder and lung malignancies, he said.

Pandolfi said the aim would be development of a drug that acts on the gene because it affects multiple forms of cancer, just as the drug Gleevec is used to treat a variety of distinct cancers that share one molecular flaw.

"This is going back to a unifying theme to understand how cancer works," Pandolfi said. "What is emerging is this idea that genes work in networks. Targeting specific sites will be important in drug development.

"Pharmaceutical companies do not like to invest in something like this when the gene is rare. This one is not."

This sounds like a major breakthrough. I hope people like John Edwards and the trial lawyers don't squelch future pharmaceutical research.

[rwfromkansas]

Wow.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

NOT breaking news. They have known oncogenes trigger cancer for years.

[budwiesest]

Quick! Get Social Security into the Lockbox!!

[Vicki]

This is good news. Too bad it won't save my Aunt. She going to die any day now from breast cancer. It will surely save many lives to come though.

[Michael.SF.]

An international team of scientists ... a gene they dubbed ``Pokemon.''

My first thought was: the Onion, scrappleface, surely they are not series.