`` Medical research support mini game '' that can contribute to analysis of intestinal bacteria appears in `` Borderlands 3 '', you can play and get in-game rewards



During the creation of the popular game ' Borderlands 3 ', which incorporates an RPG growth system and a hack and slash game loot system based on FPS , a mini-game ' Borderlands Science ' that can support medical research has appeared. 'Borderlands Science' is a puzzle-type game, and solving puzzles can help the research of 'mapping and comparing human gut microbiota (intestinal flora) '.

Play 'Borderlands Science'!
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In modern times, computers are used for various research, and computers are analyzing data. However, computers can perform analysis at a speed comparable to humans, but they do not always perform analysis perfectly.

Borderlands Science, a new mini-game that appeared in Borderlands 3, can contribute to error detection by computers that analyze intestinal flora by solving puzzles. The human intestine, to be related to a variety of diseases and health conditions such as diabetes, depression, autism, anxiety disorders, obesity has been found . Many bacteria live in such intestines, and the distribution of each bacteria is called 'intestinal flora'. By mapping this intestinal flora, research is being conducted to better understand the intestinal environment, and new therapeutics and therapeutics are expected to emerge from such research.

You can see what kind of 'Borderlands Science' is useful for studying intestinal flora by watching the following movie.

Borderlands 3-Borderlands Science Official Trailer-YouTube


Many microorganisms live in the human body, and the effects of these microorganisms on the human body are enormous.



Each of these microorganisms also has DNA. However, similar microorganisms have similar DNA, so there is a problem that computer analysis tends to cause errors.



'Borderlands Science' is a mini-game that helps a computer to collect microbial DNA from human excrement and organize the DNA.



Each microbial DNA is converted and appears as a 'tile' of a puzzle during a mini-game. The actual game screen is below. Each tile represents a

nucleotide on the DNA strand.



Click on the tile ...



The arrow icon on the right is placed where you clicked. The original tile is extruded in the direction indicated by the arrow icon.



Earn points if you arrange the same type of tiles. By arranging tiles in this way, it is possible to contribute to actual computer error detection work.



With the help of players through this game, research may progress for hundreds of thousands of hours. Players can earn in-game currency and character skins as rewards for playing Borderlands Science and cooperating with research.



'Borderlands Science' is installed in the spacecraft ' Sanctuary III ', which is the base of the work, and you can play freely.



Borderlands Science is part of the Microsetta Initiative, an intestinal microbiology research project collaborated by McGill University, Massively Multiplayer Online Science (MMOS) , and the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

in Science,   Video,   Game, Posted by darkhorse_log