Gaming for gut research - Colony B
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Channel: McGill University · 2016 · Science & Technology
Players build colonies of certain types of bacteria by circling groups of dots as they play. These dots represent people with similar bacterial profiles. Unlike computers, humans can do this intuitively and can quickly recognize when an image contains a cluster of dots. The computer can then, in turn, correlate this information with the survey data that has been gathered about the participants’ lifestyles and health. As people play, they are, in effect, helping scientists identify which microbes may be related to various aspects of human health in ways that couldn’t be done otherwise. To see more: http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/gaming-gut-research-262446 Media Relations Office (McGill University)
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