wraggster
February 4th, 2014, 22:47
Cancer Research UK has launched a free smartphone game that will use your path through levels to help analyse medical data.Genes in Space sees you pilot a starship through levels strewn by asteroids, which match up with data generated by gene microarrays.Researchers use microarrays to diagnose areas of the human genome which could cause cancer - so that cures can be quickly designed when these areas are better identified.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-02-04-a-game-that-could-actually-help-beat-cancer
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-02-04-a-game-that-could-actually-help-beat-cancer