Sabuwar Gwajin Sauri don ALS Toxin BMAA

An cimma yarjejeniya a yau tsakanin Arlington Scientific, mai kera kayan gwajin likitanci na Utah, da Brain Chemistry Labs, cibiyar bincike mai zaman kanta a Jackson Hole don haɓaka gwajin sauri, mai sauƙin amfani don cyanobacterial toxin BMAA wanda aka sanya shi azaman haɗari ga ALS da sauran cututtukan neurodegenerative.             

Wannan yarjejeniya ta zo ne a kan wani muhimmin sabon labarin da masana kimiyya a Jami'ar Jihar Arizona suka kammala da cewa BMAA, wani gubar da ke samuwa a cikin furanni na cyanobacterial, yana haifar da ALS, cuta mai saurin mutuwa.

"Idan aka ba da tarihin shekaru 35 na Arlington Scientific a cikin samar da na'urorin gwajin lafiya na zamani ga masu bincike da likitoci a duk faɗin duniya, muna farin cikin haɗin gwiwa tare da Labs Chemistry na Brain don samar da na'ura mai sauri ta gefe don ganowa cikin aminci. BMAA a cikin samar da ruwa da abincin teku, "in ji Shugaba na Arlington Scientific Ben Card. "An sami buƙatu mai ƙarfi don ingantacciyar hanyar dogaro ga masu bincike, likitoci, manajan ruwa, da kuma mutane masu gaskiya don gano kasancewar BMAA a samfuran muhalli."

Dokta Paul Alan Cox, Babban Darakta na Labs Chemistry na Brain, ya kara da cewa, "Muna farin ciki cewa ainihin binciken da aka samar a dakin gwaje-gwajenmu za a samar da shi gabaɗaya ta hanyar Arlington Scientific. Tare da dogon gogewar da suka yi wajen kera kayan aikin likitanci, suna cikin kyakkyawan matsayi don fassara ainihin binciken mu zuwa nau'i mai amfani. "

Ko da yake an yi bincike da yawa game da haɗarin kwayoyin halitta, kawai 8-10% na lokuta na ALS na iyali ne. Abubuwan haɗari na muhalli ga ALS an yi imanin suna taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin ragowar 90-92% na lokuta waɗanda ke faruwa lokaci-lokaci.

Masana kimiyya a Labs Chemistry Brain da farko sun gano BMAA don samar da cyanobacteria a lokacin binciken da suka yi na wata cuta mai kama da ALS a Guam.

A cikin wata takarda da aka buga a farkon wannan makon a cikin Kimiyyar Muhalli na Jima'i, masu bincike a Jami'ar Jihar Arizona sun yi bitar takardun kimiyya 1,710 a yunƙurin ƙididdige abubuwan da za su iya haifar da yanayi na ALS. Sun yi amfani da ka'idodin Bradford Hill, wanda shine hanyar auna abubuwan haɗari ga cututtukan cututtuka.

An gano BMAA a matsayin babban abin da ke tallafawa haɗarin muhalli ga ALS, kuma kawai yanayin muhalli wanda ya dace da duk ka'idojin Bradford Hill tara.

Yayin da BMAA ya fito daga nazarin Arizona a matsayin mafi kyawun abin da ya dace da goyon baya, "BMAA ba shi yiwuwa ya zama mafi yawan dalilin ALS," Dokta Cox ya yi gargadin. "A wajen Guam, kamuwa da BMAA na iya faruwa ne kawai a tsakanin mutanen da ke zaune kusa da gurɓatattun tabkuna da hanyoyin ruwa ko kuma waɗanda ke fuskantar guguwar ƙurar hamada mai ɗauke da cyanobacteria."

A halin yanzu, auna BMAA a cikin furanni na cyanobacterial yana buƙatar horar da masana kimiyya a hankali ta amfani da kayan aikin dakin gwaje-gwaje masu tsada. Ben Card ya ce "Muna da niyya don samar da immunoassay na gefe, kamar gwajin ciki, wanda zai samar da hanya mai sauri da rahusa don gano BMAA ta manajan ruwa, masunta, da kuma mutanen gari," in ji Ben Card. "Fatan mu shine saurin gano ainihin BMAA na iya taimakawa mutane su guje wa haɗarin da ba dole ba ga ALS."