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A new study in Nature Biotechnology reveals that 4.5 million gamers have significantly advanced medical research by playing a mini-game within Borderlands 3, which helped map the evolutionary history of microbes in the human gut. This effort, led by McGill University and supported by multiple organizations, has improved existing algorithms and laid the groundwork for future AI tools, showcasing a unique synergy between video gaming and scientific research.
The project was led by McGill University researchers, developed in collaboration with Gearbox Entertainment Company, an award-winning interactive entertainment company, and Massively Multiplayer Online Science , and supported by the expertise and genomic material from the Microsetta Initiative led by Rob Knight from the Departments of Pediatrics, Bioengineering, and Computer Science & Engineering at the University of California San Diego.
Because of the sheer number of microbes involved, scientists are still only in the early days of being able to identify which microorganisms are affected by, or can affect, which conditions. Which is why the researchers’ project and the results from the gamers are so important.
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