1.0.3 / July 26, 2016
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**International Serious Play Award Winner 2016** Destroy deadlybacteria and keep humanity's precious antibiotics working for aslong as you can in this free, fast-paced, and addictive actiongame. - Fun, intuitive, endless casual gameplay in a petri dishfilled with colourful bacterial colonies. - Stay one step ahead ofthe Superbugs to defend humanity against one of the biggestreal-world threats we face: drug resistant infections/resistance toantibiotics. - Kill bacteria with powerful antibiotics and watchthem pop! - Fight the rise of resistance in a game based on thebiology of real bacteria. - Research and roll out new drugs at justthe right time to last as long as you can, starting from TODAY. -Learn about antibiotic resistance and the spread of resistantSuperbugs. This story of this casual, real-time puzzle game comesstraight from today's headlines: the rise of Superbugs, resistantbacteria which can't be killed by the drugs we rely on to fightinfection. The careless use of antibiotics speeds up this process,bringing the day closer when antibiotics will no longer work andeven the smallest cut or surgical operation could be deadly. Thegame explains the science behind antibiotic resistance to players,and helps spread the word about the Longitude Prize, which aims tohelp keep our precious antibiotic drugs working for longer. Overfive years, the Prize is challenging everyone, from amateurscientists to professional researchers, to invent a transformative,quick, affordable and easy-to-use test to tell you if you needantibiotics, and if possible, which ones you should use/ to ruleout unnecessary uses of antibiotics. Using antibiotics when wedon't need them means they will stop working sooner, so it's urgentwe find better ways to diagnose and treat infections using just thedrugs we need. To note: Current version of the game is purposed fora UK audience.

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Superbugs: The game 1.0.3 APK
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**International Serious Play Award Winner 2016** Destroy deadlybacteria and keep humanity's precious antibiotics working for aslong as you can in this free, fast-paced, and addictive actiongame. - Fun, intuitive, endless casual gameplay in a petri dishfilled with colourful bacterial colonies. - Stay one step ahead ofthe Superbugs to defend humanity against one of the biggestreal-world threats we face: drug resistant infections/resistance toantibiotics. - Kill bacteria with powerful antibiotics and watchthem pop! - Fight the rise of resistance in a game based on thebiology of real bacteria. - Research and roll out new drugs at justthe right time to last as long as you can, starting from TODAY. -Learn about antibiotic resistance and the spread of resistantSuperbugs. This story of this casual, real-time puzzle game comesstraight from today's headlines: the rise of Superbugs, resistantbacteria which can't be killed by the drugs we rely on to fightinfection. The careless use of antibiotics speeds up this process,bringing the day closer when antibiotics will no longer work andeven the smallest cut or surgical operation could be deadly. Thegame explains the science behind antibiotic resistance to players,and helps spread the word about the Longitude Prize, which aims tohelp keep our precious antibiotic drugs working for longer. Overfive years, the Prize is challenging everyone, from amateurscientists to professional researchers, to invent a transformative,quick, affordable and easy-to-use test to tell you if you needantibiotics, and if possible, which ones you should use/ to ruleout unnecessary uses of antibiotics. Using antibiotics when wedon't need them means they will stop working sooner, so it's urgentwe find better ways to diagnose and treat infections using just thedrugs we need. To note: Current version of the game is purposed fora UK audience.