Phys Org - Cancer researchers tap human intuition of video gamers in quest to beat cancer

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Video gamers have the power to beat cancer, according to cancer researchers and video game developers at Southern Methodist University, Dallas.
SMU researchers and game developers are partnering with the world’s vast network of gamers in hopes of discovering a new cancer-fighting drug.
Biochemistry professors Pia Vogel and John Wise in the SMU Department of Biological Sciences, and Corey Clark, deputy director of research at SMU Guildhall, are leading the SMU assault on cancer in partnership with fans of the popular best-selling video game “Minecraft.”

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