waldispuhl
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11 years ago Thanks. That's indeed something we thought of doing but this link has to be done manually as disease classification is tricky and sometimes ambiguous. The puzzles are created automatically and the disease link are computed form the gene disease maps available at the UCSC genome browser. Unfortunately this table does not include links. The option we have in mind is to enable the players to link the name to an URL themself. We'll try to implement it in the upcoming months. Thanks for the suggestion!
In the more info section after completing a puzzle, you mention what disease/condition is associated with the DNA we were puzzling with. For example: "The DNA in this puzzle has been linked to: Hypertension."
Consider making the word "Hypertension" (in this example) a link to more information or just include this additional information somewhere on the page. Additional information should summarize the potential practical implications/applications gained from completing the level. Something like:
By completing this puzzle, you're contributing to the effort of identifying genetic markers associated with Hypertension". This information could eventually be used for anything from identifying high-risk patients to genomic therapy or new drug discoveries to treat hypertension.
Hypertension - [insert definition here]
[Everywhere the word Hypertension appears should be a hyperlink to the wikipedia page or other source (see below)] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertension
Can use LexEVS API (REST interface) to get some metadata about the different terms, such as Hypertension, that will allow you to write informed intelligent information unique to each term.
https://wiki.nci.nih.gov/display/LexEVS/LexEVS