Facebook, Google tech gurus to design cancer research game


LONDON: Scientists from a British cancer charity are teaming up with technology gurus from the likes of Amazon, Facebook and Google to design and develop a mobile game aimed at speeding the search for new cancer drugs.

The project, led by the charity Cancer Research UK (CRUK), should mean that anyone with a smartphone and five minutes to spare will be able to investigate vital scientific data at the same time as playing a mobile game.

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