Isivumelwano sifikelelwe namhlanje phakathi kwe-Arlington Scientific, umenzi osekwe e-Utah wezixhobo zovavanyo lwezonyango, kunye ne-Brain Chemistry Labs, iziko lophando elingenzi nzuzo e-Jackson Hole kuphuhliso lovavanyo olukhawulezayo, olusebenziseka lula ukulungiselela Ityhefu yecyanobacterial BMAA echatshazelwe njengomngcipheko we-ALS kunye nezinye izifo ze-neurodeergenerative.
Esi sivumelwano siza kwizithende zenqaku elitsha elibalulekileyo lezazinzulu kwiYunivesithi yase-Arizona State abagqiba ukuba i-BMAA, i-toxin ehlala ikhona kwiintyatyambo ze-cyanobacterial, ibangela i-ALS, isifo esibulalayo esibulalayo.
"Ngenxa yembali ye-35 yeminyaka ye-Arlington Scientific ekuboneleleni ngezixhobo zoxilongo zonyango ezikwinqanaba eliphezulu kubaphandi kunye noogqirha kwihlabathi liphela, siyakuvuyela ukusebenzisana neBrain Chemistry Labs ukuvelisa ikiti yokuqukuqela esecaleni ekhawulezayo ukuze ibonwe ngokuthembekileyo. I-BMAA kunikezelo lwamanzi kunye nokutya kwaselwandle,” utshilo umphathi we-Arlington Scientific uBen Card. "Kukho isidingo esinamandla sendlela ekhawulezayo nethembekileyo yabaphandi, oogqirha, abaphathi bamanzi, kunye nabantu abaleleyo ukuba babone ubukho be-BMAA kwiisampuli zendalo."
Ugqirha uPaul Alan Cox, uMlawuli oyiNtloko we-Brain Chemistry Labs, wongezelela, "Siyavuya kukuba uphando olusisiseko oluphuhliswe kwibhubhoratri yethu ngoku luya kufumaneka ngokubanzi ngeArlington Scientific. Ngamava abo amade ekwenzeni izixhobo zokuxilonga zonyango, bakwimeko entle yokuguqulela uphando lwethu olusisiseko lube yifomu enokusetyenziswa.”
Nangona izinto ezinobungozi bemfuza ziye zaphandwa ngokubanzi, kuphela i-8-10% yeemeko ze-ALS ziyintsapho. Imiba esemngciphekweni yokusingqongileyo ye-ALS kukholelwa ukuba idlala indima ebalulekileyo kwi-90-92% eseleyo yeemeko ezenzeka manqaphanqapha.
Izazinzulu kwiiLebhu zeChemistry zeBrain ekuqaleni zafumanisa i-BMAA ukuba iveliswe yicyanobacteria ngexesha lofundo lwabo olubanzi lwesifo esifana ne-ALS eGuam.
Kwiphepha elipapashwe ekuqaleni kwale veki kwiSayensi yeNdawo iyonke, abaphandi kwiYunivesithi yase-Arizona State baphonononga amaphepha esayensi ayi-1,710 ngenzame yokubeka iimeko ezinokuthi zibangele i-ALS. Basebenzise indlela yeBradford Hill, eyindlela yokulinganisa imiba yomngcipheko we-causality yesifo.
I-BMAA yafunyaniswa ukuba yeyona nto ixhasiweyo yomngcipheko wokusingqongileyo kwi-ALS, kunye neyona nto kuphela yokusingqongileyo ehlangabezana nazo zonke iindlela ezilithoba ze-Bradford Hill.
Nangona i-BMAA yavela kwisifundo sase-Arizona njengeyona nto ixhasiweyo ye-causative factor, "i-BMAA ayinakwenzeka ukuba ibe yimbangela eqhelekileyo ye-ALS," uDkt Cox walumkisa. "Ngaphandle kweGuam, ukuvezwa kwe-BMAA kungenzeka kuphela phakathi kwabantu abahlala kufutshane namachibi angcolisekileyo kunye neendlela zamanzi okanye abachanabeke kwizaqhwithi zothuli lwasentlango ezinecyanobacteria."
Okwangoku, ukulinganisa i-BMAA kwiintyatyambo zecyanobacterial kufuna izazinzulu eziqeqeshwe ngononophelo zisebenzisa izixhobo zelabhoratri ezibizayo. "Sizimisele ukuphuhlisa i-lateral flow immunoassay, kufana novavanyo lokukhulelwa, oluya kunika indlela ekhawulezayo nengabiziyo yokubona i-BMAA ngabaphathi bamanzi, abalobi kunye nabantu abalele," kuchaza uBen Card. "Ithemba lethu lelokuba ukuchongwa ngokukhawuleza nangokuchanekileyo kwe-BMAA kunokunceda abantu baphephe imingcipheko engeyomfuneko ye-ALS."
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Isivumelwano sifikelelwe namhlanje phakathi kwe-Arlington Scientific, umenzi osekwe e-Utah wezixhobo zovavanyo lwezonyango, kunye ne-Brain Chemistry Labs, iziko lophando elingenzi nzuzo e-Jackson Hole kuphuhliso lovavanyo olukhawulezayo, olusebenziseka lula ukulungiselela Ityhefu yecyanobacterial BMAA echatshazelwe njengomngcipheko we-ALS kunye nezinye izifo ze-neurodeergenerative.
- “Given the 35-year history of Arlington Scientific in supplying state-of-the-art medical diagnostic kits to researchers and physicians throughout the world, we are delighted to partner with the Brain Chemistry Labs to produce a rapid lateral flow kit to reliably detect BMAA in water supplies and seafood,”.
- In a paper published earlier this week in Science of the Total Environment, researchers at Arizona State University reviewed 1,710 scientific papers in an effort to rank possible environmental factors that potentially cause ALS.