Using video games to help with scientific research isn’t a new concept, but it can be an effective tool when handled properly. Such is the hope for Genigma, a new puzzle game developed by researchers from the Centre Nacional D’Anàlisi Genòmica (CNAG) and the Centro de Regulación Genómica (CRG) in Barcelona, in collaboration with game development studio X-Lives Interactive S. L.

Its purpose is essentially to outsource help for cancer research by having players solve puzzles, with the solutions to those puzzles acting as data points.
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