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Cancer fighting game works in real life

March 22, 2012 Francesco Crocco

Cancer fighting game works in real life: study - Ingame on msnbc.com

“Re-Mission” is a video game in which the player controls a microscopic robot in the body of someone undergoing cancer therapy, to fight the disease and help off set the side effects of treatment. If the player is successful, the patient is cured, and now studies show the game can also help those afflicted in the real world.

via Cancer fighting game works in real life: study – Ingame on msnbc.com.

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