Hiki i ka ho'āʻo koko hou ke palapala i kou mōʻaukala maʻi holoʻokoʻa

I ka wā e hiki mai ana, hiki iā ʻoe ke wehe i nā waihona o kēlā me kēia maʻi virus āu i ʻaelike ai no 25 kālā. E loaʻa ana kēia mau waihona ma o kahi hoʻokolohua hou i kūkulu ʻia e koi wale i hoʻokahi kulu o ke koko e ʻike i kou mōʻaukala o nā maʻi. 

ʻO VirScan, ka mea ʻaʻole i paʻi i ka mākeke, hana i ka hoʻāʻo koko maʻamau me he mea kahiko a kahiko. Aia he 206 mau ma'i virus a he 1,000 okoa nā pilikia i ʻike ʻia e pili ana i nā kānaka. Hiki iā VirScan ke hoʻāʻo no kēia mau maʻi maʻi a me nā maʻi a pau āu i ʻaelike ai.  

Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei nā haʻawina ma VirScan e kahi hui o nā mea noiʻi mai ke Kula Lapaʻau ʻo Harvard a me ka Halemai Brigham a me nā Wahine. Manaʻo ʻo Kauka Stephen Elledge, he mea noiʻi HHMI, e holomua ana ʻo VirScan i ka ʻoihana lapaʻau.   

ʻO kēia hoʻāʻo "wehe i nā ala like ʻole. No ka laʻana hiki iā mākou ke nānā i nā maʻi maʻi a me ke ʻano o ko lākou ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā heluna kanaka," wahi a Elledge.  

Ua hoʻohana ʻia ʻo VirScan ma luna o 569 poʻe mai U.S., Thailand, South Africa, a me Peru. Manaʻo nā mea noiʻi e loaʻa nā hoʻokolohua mai nā wahi like ʻole a puni ka honua i mea e aʻo ai e pili ana i nā ʻano o nā maʻi maʻi like ʻole a me nā ʻōnaehana pale ma ka honua. 

Aia naʻe ka hewa i VirScan. Ma kahi o 600 mau laʻana o ke koko, ʻike ʻia ka moa moa ma 25-30 pakeneka o nā laʻana, ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia. Wahi a Tomasz Kula, he haumāna puka mai Elledge’s lab, ma muli paha o ka loaʻa mua ʻana o ka poʻe i ka maʻi maʻi maʻi moa a i ʻole ka lāʻau lapaʻau.

Manaʻo ka hui e hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomau i ka wehe ʻana i ka mana piha o VirScan. Hōʻike ʻo Kauka David Agus i ka panel "CBS This Morning" e pono ana ʻo VirScan ma ka mākeke ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā loiloi hou aʻe.