> A potential inhibitor of the Hedgehog signaling pathway has been found and dubbed "Robotnikinin"—after Sonic the Hedgehog's nemesis and the main antagonist of the Sonic the Hedgehog game series, Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik.[89]
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> The gene has been linked to a condition... which can result in severe brain, skull and facial defects, causing a few clinicians and scientists to criticize the name on the grounds that it sounds too frivolous... [as] mention of a mutation in a sonic hedgehog gene might not be well received in a discussion of a serious disorder.... This controversy has largely died down, and the name is now generally seen as a humorous relic....
> A potential inhibitor of the Hedgehog signaling pathway has been found and dubbed "Robotnikinin"—after Sonic the Hedgehog's nemesis and the main antagonist of the Sonic the Hedgehog game series, Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik.[89]
> ...
> The gene has been linked to a condition... which can result in severe brain, skull and facial defects, causing a few clinicians and scientists to criticize the name on the grounds that it sounds too frivolous... [as] mention of a mutation in a sonic hedgehog gene might not be well received in a discussion of a serious disorder.... This controversy has largely died down, and the name is now generally seen as a humorous relic....