What are stem cells?

What’s the big deal about these cells?

How do they work?

What can they do for me?

What potential do they hold for the future?

Let us answer these questions at LittleBigLabs, where Professor G and Professor S will use Sackcell technology to take you right into the action and learn about Stem Cells in a way only LittleBigPlanet can!
Stem Cell Sackboy is a sidescrolling adventure of multiple levels that allows players to interact with stem cells and participate in “accelerated” stem cell therapy procedures. Players will learn about the processes of cell growth and reproduction, including the importance and ethical issues of stem cell research in the medical and scientific community. They will be able to experience this groundbreaking research through fun puzzles, minigames, and exploration at the cellular level!http://www.dmlcompetition.net/pligg/story.php?title=457shapeimage_11_link_0
As a winner of the 2010 Game Changers Competition, the Stem Cell Sackboy project looks to educate students and players of all ages about the growing field of stem cell research and its importance in the future medical breakthroughs! With an experience only LittleBigPlanet for the Playstation3™ can provide, David Dino and Amanda Mathieson will take players on an educational adventure they will never forget!http://www.dmlcompetition.net/finalists.php#changershapeimage_12_link_0
Players will use SackCell technology, that allows them to traverse into the cellular world where they can view stem cells in person.
Players will help specialize unspecialized stem cells during ”accelerated” stem cell therapy minigames, such as bone marrow transplants, that act as interactive lesson plans.
Players will actively learn about the general properties of stem cells such as their ability to proliferate and achieve long term self-renewal.
Players will learn how stem cells are used to provide researchers with new ways to combat diseases such as diabetes through cell-based therapies by replacing damaged cells with healthy cells.

This HASTAC competition is supported by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to the University of California, in collaboration with Duke University. The University of California Humanities Research Institute and Duke University's John Hope Franklin Center are the principal administering bodies for this grant on behalf of HASTAC.


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