I had read in a news that scientists from Cancer Research UK were working with Amazon, Facebook and Google to design and develop a mobile game aimed at speeding up the search for new cancer drugs.
The first step is for 40 computer programmers, gamers, graphic
designers and other specialists to take part in a weekend "GameJam" to
turn the charity's raw genetic data into a game format, with a working
title of GeneRun.
Carlos Caldas at Cancer Research UK's Cambridge Institute said that they were making great progress in understanding the genetic reasons cancer
develops. But the clues to why some drugs will work and some won't are
held in data that needs to be analyzed by the human eye and this could
take years. And by harnessing the collective power of citizen scientists we'll
accelerate the discovery of new ways to diagnose and treat cancer much
more precisely.
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