Scientists have developed a video game that can help towards cancer research

A science-based video game is looking for players to help train its algorithm so that, as the game is known, requires players to trace over photos of dye-stained tongues using a smartphone or mouse, which isn’t as gross as it sounds. These fluorescent colored scans become more difficult to trace as the game progresses and with enough results, will go towards real scientific research into oral cancer. By repeating this process, players will effectively be training an algorithm to detect certain patterns in medical images so it can eventually go on to pick out potential cancerous cells from a scan quicker than a scientist could by eye. The game was developed in collaboration with King’s College London Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine and data founded by Dr. Priyanka Bhosale.