Protein named after a pokemon?

[sagoy]

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Research Team Names Protein After Pokémon's Pikachu - Anime News Network

Not-So-Daily Link of the Day: Researchers led by Takahisa Furukawa, M.D. & Ph.D. of Japan's Osaka Bioscience Institute have named a protein that they discovered after the Pikachu character from Nintendo's Pokémon game and anime franchise. The "Pikachurin" protein plays a role in the efficient transmission of kinetic vision information from the eyes to the brain, so the researchers named the protein after the Pokémon character known for its fast moves. The researchers expect that the discovery will help advance the treatments for retinitis pigmentosa, a major hereditary cause of blindness.

Source: Daily Yomiuri


lol, but why pikachu? They should have named it after Enel from One Piece..

[rishee]

ka lingaw oi.. i like.. let's all pikachu.. hehe

for novelty's sake pud guro...

[blissfullynaive]

Yah, Pikachu's like an icon. And almost anyone can identify.
'Pikachu?'
'From Pokemon.'
'Ah, Pokemon! It's from that Kid's show with weird, dangerous animals!'

[sagoy]

Yah, Pikachu's like an icon. And almost anyone can identify.
'Pikachu?'
'From Pokemon.'
'Ah, Pokemon! It's from that Kid's show with weird, dangerous animals!'

ahahaha dangerous animals na maski unsaon ug away dili sila masamad... ma abugan ra... lol

[blissfullynaive]

Basta sila mag away, abug ra. xD
Pero dangerous au if sa tao gyud. x__x Asa ka ana, maglaruy2 ka sa forest, daganan ka kalit ug rhyhorn or rapidash. x__x overkill au.

[sagoy]

haahaha...

[dzulai]

iconic mn si pikachu, nya mas popular pud ang pokemon kay sa one piece (or any of the current anime for that matter). 2nd best selling video game franchise of all time gud na (1st ang mario).

[ßattousai]

hahahahha PIKA??!??

[Mugi17]

pika pi pipika. pi pikapi...

[llou80]

yati rah....heheheheheheh