/newsroom/taxonomy/term/8774/all en /newsroom/channels/news/millions-gamers-advance-biomedical-research-356750 <p>Leveraging gamers and video game technology can dramatically boost scientific research according to a new study published today in <a name="_Hlk163575315" id="_Hlk163575315"></a><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-024-02175-6"><i>Nature Biotechnology</i></a><i>.</i></p> Fri, 12 Apr 2024 14:04:19 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 310425 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/gaming-gut-research-262446 <p><span>You may not think of yourself in this way – but in some ways your body is just a host for hundreds of trillions of microbes (including bacteria) that colonize us in fairly unique combinations in our guts, inside our various orifices and on the surface of our skin. These tiny creatures are essential to our survival – we couldn’t digest anything without them, for instance.</span> Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:16:40 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 26117 at /newsroom