Researchers at the University Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) developed “MalariaSpot” , a game with which doctors and anyone can detect malaria virus in minutes; real patient samples are used.
This is a game where, instead of ending Martians , planes or anything else, the goal is to find the parasites that cause the disease, thus know whether the patient does not have this virus in your body, since it is samples people with symptoms.
It may also be collective.
The first test was performed on the Health Research Centre in Manhiça Mozambique , in collaboration with the Institute for Global Health of Barcelona. From there, using a mobile phone attached to a microscope, the researchers photographed samples patients with symptoms of malaria.
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These photographs game get on the Internet for anyone in the world can play with them and thus detect the virus. The results come to Mozambique minutes.
Therefore, “MalariaSpot” has mobilized more than 30,000 players in many countries and has won recognition from institutions like MIT The City of Ideas in Mexico, the Singularity University at NASA or the Office of Science and Technology White House.
Despite the success that the application is taking, Miguel Luengo Oroz, responsible for “MalariaSpot” researcher, told various media sponsors who support the cause are needed, as it plans to develop similar applications for treat diseases such as tuberculosis.
Meanwhile, we leave the page where you can enter to play and help the cause.
http://malariaspot.org/es/
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Source: TeInteresa / MalariaSpot
Edited by: Selene Sosa
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