Videogame teaches you how to fight against cancer

• April 26, 2024

If you like to play on your cell phone when you want to have fun for a while, maybe you would be more interested in doing it for a good cause. Although it sounds crazy, now there is a game to help fight the Cancer . His name is Play to Cure: Genes in Space.

Its operation is simple: while you play controlling a ship, evading enemies and collecting "Alpha Element" (which represents the genetic data of cancer), the processes of the game on your cell analyze and then send real and useful genetic information to a laboratory of research on the Cancer in the United Kingdom. Something that would take hours in the lab can be done by you on your mobile while you play.

You can download the game totally free from Google Play wave App Store . If you want to see a little more about this project, watch the following video:

THE NUMBERS

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Cancer It causes the death of 7.6 million people each year and it is estimated that by 2030 the figure will increase to 11.5 million.

- 95% of cancer cases detected early can be cured, according to WHO.

- In 2012 there were 14 million new cases of Cancer in the world.

- Today is commemorated World Day of Fight against Cancer .

Video Medicine: That Dragon, Cancer (April 2024).