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| | National Cancer Institute - NCI HTML Cancer Bulletin for January 25, 2005 |
 | | However, a study, funded in part by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), which appears in the January 20 Nature identifies a new cancer gene, named Pokemon, that may act as a master switch. |
 | | Pokemon is an oncogene, a gene that can cause normal cells to become cancerous when mutated, but its role is unique in that it controls the activity of other oncogenes. |
 | | Although Dr. Dean noted that it may be too soon to generalize Pokemon activity with human cancers, excess Pokemon was also found in subsets of breast, lung, colon, prostate, and bladder tumors. |
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