Study shows playing video games can change behaviour and biology

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In Re-Mission players pilot a nanobot named Roxxi as she travels through the bodies of fictional cancer patients blasting away cancer cells and battling the side-effects of cancer and cancer treatments.
In Re-Mission, players pilot a nanobot named Roxxi as she travels through the bodies of fictional cancer patients, blasting away cancer cells and battling the side-effects of cancer and cancer treatments.

(PhysOrg.com) -- Video games are among the most popular entertainment media in the world. Now, groundbreaking research involving McMaster University researchers shows that a specially designed video game can promote positive behaviour in young cancer patients that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment.


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