Playing this cancer research game could actually help find a cure

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.

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