Scientists discover the Pokemon gene! No, it doesn't make you spend ridiculous sums of money on trading cards featuring pictures of cute Japanese animated characters :-) Pokemon in this case stands for POK Erythroid Myeloid Ontogenic factor, a gene that appears to orchestrate the process by which cells multiply out of control, thereby becoming cancerous. See http://health.discovery.com/news/healthscout/article.jsp?aid=523500 for details. Let's hope this discovery is the beginning of new, more powerful treatments for cancer.