機(jī)器人戰(zhàn)勝癌瘤 新電腦游戲造福癌癥患者考研英語(yǔ)作文
Saif Azar, a 14-year-old video game fan, said a new title called "Re-Mission" helped arm him with the knowledge of how to fight cancer after he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2003.
"It was perfect, actually. It helped me understand the things that were going on in my body," said Azar, who started playing the game as part of a clinical study and continues playing today as he wraps up his treatments.
Roxxi, the main character in "Re-Mission," is a gutsy, fully-armed "Nanobot" who seeks out and destroys cancer cells throughout the body.
HopeLab, the game’s maker, said the results from its scientific study involving 375 teen and young adults at 34 medical centers in the United States, Canada and Australia showed that young people who played "Re-Mission" were more likely to stick to their medication regimens than those who did not.
Palo Alto, California-base HopeLab is a nonprofit organization that helps young people deal with chronic illnesses. It was founded in 2001 by board chair Pamela Omidyar, wife of eBay Inc. founder and Chairman Pierre Omidyar.
The results showed that the game helped players feel empowered to confront the challenge posed by their illness, which made them more likely to take their medicine -- and more likely to get better, said HopeLab President Pat Christen.
"We approached the study in the same way and with the same rigor that we would with a new drug," she said.
HopeLab targeted teens and young adults because their health outcomes tend not to be as good as younger and older groups, she said.
"There is an assumption that they’re doing what they’re supposed to be doing and they’re not monitored as closely," Christen said.
The PC game is immediately available, free of charge, to teens and young people diagnosed with cancer. It will be widely available on May 1 for a suggested donation of $20.
機(jī)器人戰(zhàn)勝癌瘤新電腦游戲造福年輕癌癥患者
玩電腦游戲有助于年輕癌癥患者更好地戰(zhàn)勝病魔？事實(shí)確實(shí)如此。試驗(yàn)證明，美國(guó)研究機(jī)構(gòu)HopeLab開(kāi)發(fā)的一款名為“Re-Mission”的新型電腦游戲確實(shí)能幫助年輕癌癥患者抗擊病魔。
14歲少年癌癥患者受益
據(jù)路透社4月2日?qǐng)?bào)道，現(xiàn)年14歲的`塞弗-阿扎就是這款電腦游戲的受益者，他于2003年被診斷出患上了霍奇金淋巴瘤。阿扎表示，“Re-Mission”幫助他更好地了解到該如何對(duì)抗癌癥。他說(shuō)：“事實(shí)上，它非常棒。它讓我明白了自己身體里發(fā)生的事情。”
當(dāng)初是作為一項(xiàng)臨床研究的一部分，塞弗-阿扎才開(kāi)始玩這款游戲的；目前他已結(jié)束治療，但仍然對(duì)這款游戲愛(ài)不釋手。
游戲主角勇敢擊退癌瘤
這款電腦游戲中的主要角色名為Roxxi，它是一個(gè)勇敢的、全副武裝的“納米機(jī)器人”(nanobot)。游戲中，Roxxi會(huì)在人體各個(gè)地方尋找并消滅癌細(xì)胞。
通過(guò)一一攻破游戲內(nèi)設(shè)置的20個(gè)不同關(guān)卡，這些年輕的癌癥患者(同時(shí)也是游戲玩家)可以借此了解他們身體內(nèi)部都發(fā)生了些什么以及如何更為有效地對(duì)抗癌癥。
試驗(yàn)證明游戲抗癌有效
由“Re-Mission”的開(kāi)發(fā)者HopeLab對(duì)游戲結(jié)果進(jìn)行了研究。研究涉及美國(guó)、加拿大和澳大利亞34所醫(yī)療中心內(nèi)的375名青少年和成年人。研究結(jié)果顯示，那些玩“Re-Mission”的年輕人和沒(méi)玩這款游戲的人相比，前者在與癌癥相關(guān)的的治療功效、生活質(zhì)量和癌癥知識(shí)等方面都有了統(tǒng)計(jì)學(xué)上的明顯改善。
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