Deutsche Telekom launches online game to help Alzheimer's research


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 05 May 2016

Illustration taken on August 10, 2015 in Cologne, western Germany, shows a woman using a smartphone displaying the logo of German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom. The company gave it's annual press conference on February 25, 2016 to present the 2015 business report. / AFP / dpa / Oliver Berg / Germany OUT

FRANKFURT: Deutsche Telekom has launched an online game that will help collect research data to fight Alzheimer's disease and dementia, it said. 

The company said its digital healthcare services arm had teamed up with university researchers and the Alzheimer's Research Organizations to tap into the global gaming community, which spends an estimated 3 billion hours a week playing online. 

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