Ihlabathi ngoku lilwa nee-microorganisms ezingenakubonwa ngeso lenyama, kwaye ukuba iyekwa ingaqwalaselwa, inokubulala izigidi zabantu kwiminyaka ezayo. Kwaye asithethi ngeyona coronavirus intsha, ngoku itsala yonke ingqalelo, kodwa malunga neebhaktheriya ezixhathisayo kwi-antibiotics.
Inyaniso yeyokuba bangaphezu kwama-700 abantu ehlabathini lonke abasweleke ngenxa yokwasulelwa ziintsholongwane kunyaka ophelileyo kuphela. Ukuba akukho nto yenziweyo, eli nani linganyuka liye kwi-000 yezigidi ngonyaka ngo-10, ngokwengxelo ye-UN. Ingxaki kukusetyenziswa ngokugqithiseleyo kwamayeza okubulala iintsholongwane ngoogqirha, abantu, kwimfuyo nakwezolimo. Abantu basebenzisa amachiza amaninzi kakhulu ukubulala iintsholongwane ezimbi eziziqhelanisileyo.
Kulapho ukuqaliswa kwe-biotech uFeliksi engena evela kwi-Y Combinator yotyalo-mali lwamva nje: Ikholelwa ukuba inokunika indlela entsha yokuthintela ukusasazeka kwezifo zebhaktheriya ... usebenzisa iintsholongwane.
Ngoku, ngexesha lentlekele ye-coronavirus yehlabathi, kubonakala kungaqhelekanga ukujonga intsholongwane ngendlela elungileyo, kodwa njengoko umseki uRobert McBride echaza, itekhnoloji ephambili kaFelix iyayivumela ukuba ijolise kwintsholongwane yayo kwiindawo ezithile zebhaktheriya. Oku akubulali kuphela iibhaktheriya ezinobungozi, kodwa kunokunqanda ukukwazi kwabo ukuphuhlisa kunye nokumelana.
Kodwa umbono wokusebenzisa intsholongwane ukubulala iintsholongwane awuyonto intsha. I-Bacteriophages, okanye iintsholongwane ezinokuthi "zichaphazele" iibhaktheriya, zaqala ukufunyanwa ngumphandi weNgesi kwi-1915, kwaye unyango lwe-phage yorhwebo lwaqala e-United States kwi-1940 kunye no-Eli Lilly & Co. Kodwa kwangaxeshanye, kwavela amayeza okubulala iintsholongwane alula kwaye asebenza ngakumbi, kwaye izazinzulu zaseNtshona zibonakala ziyilahlile le ngcamango ixesha elide.
UMcBride uqinisekile ukuba inkampani yakhe inokwenza unyango lwe-phage ibe sisixhobo sonyango esisebenzayo. UFeliksi sele evavanye isisombululo sakhe kunye neqela lokuqala labantu be-10 ukubonisa indlela le ndlela isebenza ngayo.
URobert McBride uthi: "Sinokuphuhlisa unyango ngexesha elincinci kunye nemali encinci, kwaye sele sisazi ukuba unyango lwethu lunokusebenza ebantwini. "Sixoxa ukuba indlela yethu, eyenza ukuba iintsholongwane ziphinde zibe novelwano kunyango lwemveli, inokuba lunyango lokuqala."
UFelix uceba ukuqalisa ukunyanga usulelo lwebhaktiriya kubantu abane-cystic fibrosis, kuba ezi zigulana zihlala zifuna umjelo othe rhoqo wamayeza okubulala iintsholongwane ukulwa usulelo lwemiphunga. Inyathelo elilandelayo kukuqhuba ulingo lwekliniki oluncinci lwabantu abangama-30, kwaye ke, ngokwesiqhelo ngophando kunye nemodeli yophuhliso, ulingo olukhulu lomntu phambi kwemvume ye-FDA. Kuya kuthatha ixesha elide, kodwa uMnu McBride unethemba lokuba indlela yabo yentsholongwane enokucwangciswa iya kunceda ukulwa nokunyuka kokunganyangeki kwe-antibiotic kwiibhaktheriya.
βSiyazi ukuba ingxaki yokunganyangeki ngamayeza okubulala iintsholongwane inkulu ngoku kwaye iya kuba mandundu,β utshilo. "Sinesisombululo esihle setekhnoloji kule ngxaki, kwaye siyazi ukuba unyango lwethu lunokusebenza." Sifuna ukufaka isandla kwikamva apho olu sulelo lungabulali abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezili-10 ngonyaka, ikamva esilikhathaleleyo. β
umthombo: 3dnews.ru