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Leveling Up Science: How Gamers Are Advancing Biomedical Research


Major worldwide citizen science initiative advances understanding of the human microbiome. According to a recent study in Nature Biotechnology, leveraging gamers and video game technology can dramatically boost scientific research. 4.5 million gamers around the world have advanced medical scienc

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