ʻO ke kī e pale aku i nā pathogens kū'ē i ka lāʻau

Ua piʻi ke kaua lōʻihi ma waena o ke kanaka a me nā microbes ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka penicillin. ʻO kahi hoʻouka kaua o nā lāʻau antibiotic a me ka hoʻokō ākea o nā hana lapaʻau maʻemaʻe i hoʻemi nui i ka make ma muli o ka maʻi. Eia naʻe, i ko mākou huhū i nā microbes, ua lilo paha mākou i mea kākau o kā mākou luku ponoʻī. 

ʻO nā halemai, ka paʻa maʻamau o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me ke olakino, ua lawelawe ma ke ʻano he ala kūpono no ka ulu wikiwiki ʻana o nā pathogens kū'ē i nā lāʻau he nui - ke kumu o ka maʻi. I ka makahiki 2009, ua hōʻike ʻia he nui aku ka poʻe i make ma muli o nā maʻi i loaʻa i ka haukapila ma mua o ka maʻi HIV/AIDS a me ka maʻi maʻi i hui pū ʻia. Ma kahi olelo e ka Infectious Diseases Society of America, hoʻokahi pūʻulu o nā pathogens - i kapa ʻia ʻo ESKAPE - i hōʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he kumu nui o ka ulu ʻana o nā maʻi maʻi antibiotic. Kūleʻa kēia mau pathogens i nā lāʻau antibiotic o kēia wā, e koi ana i nā kauka e hoʻohana i nā ʻano kahiko o ka hakakā ʻana i nā maʻi. 

Hōʻike nā mea hou i ka pane i ka hoʻoweliweli o nā maʻi kū'ē i nā lāʻau he nui i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kahiko a kūlohelohe. Ua paʻi kekahi hui o nā mea noiʻi ma ke Kulanui o British Columbia i kahi Haawina i ka mahina i hala iho nei e palapala ana i ka hana bactericidal o ka pālolo Kisameet - he mineral pālolo maoli. Loaʻa ka waihona pālolo maoli ma ka ʻāina ʻo Heiltsuk First Nations, ma kahi o 400km ma ka ʻākau o Vancouver ma ka laina kahakai. Aia kekahi moʻolelo i kākau ʻia o ka Heiltsuk First Nations e hoʻohana ana i ka pālolo ma ke ʻano he lāʻau kuʻuna no nā ʻano maʻi; akā naʻe, ʻo kēia ʻatikala kekahi o nā hōʻike mua o ka noiʻi ʻana i nā hopena kikoʻī. Ua ʻike ka poʻe noiʻi he ikaika ka pālolo Kisameet e kūʻē i 16 mau ʻano o ka ESKAPE pathogens, he mea kupanaha i ka kaulana o kēia mau pathogens no ke kūʻē ʻana i nā lāʻau antibiotic. ʻOiai he mea mua kēia mau hopena, hāʻawi lākou i kahi ala hoihoi no ka noiʻi hou ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka pālolo Kisameet ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau ikaika. 

He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo i ka politika koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻokele waiwai kaiapuni, nā kuleana ʻōiwi, a me nā pono ʻoihana pilikino e hoʻohālikelike i ka holomua o ka pālolo Kisameet ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau. Aia ka waihona pālolo Kisameet ma ka ʻāina kuʻuna Heiltsuk First Nation, ka Great Bear Rainforest, ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o nā kuʻikahi ma lalo o ke Federal Indian Act. Hōʻailona ʻia ka ʻāina e kahi moʻolelo i piha i nā kūkākūkā kuleana ʻāina ma waena o ka Heiltsuk First Nation a me ka mokuʻāina o British Columbia. I kēia manawa, noho mau ia ma ke ʻano he ʻāina kuʻuna ʻole ma lalo o ka mana o ka Panalāʻau o British Columbia e like me "Aina Leialii”. E pili ana i ka waihona pālolo ponoʻī, aia nā kuleana i nā koi mineral Pālolo Kisameet Glacial, he hui pilikino. Kākoʻo ʻo Kisameet Glacial Clay i ka hana a ka hui noiʻi ma UBC, a loaʻa iā ia nā huahana kūʻai kūʻai mai ka huahana pālolo. Ua ʻōlelo ka hui "ua komo i kahi ʻaelike hana me nā lālā o ka hui Heiltsuk First Nation", akā ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia nā kikoʻī o ia ʻaelike. He ʻano pōʻino i ka mōʻaukala lāʻau lapaʻau no nā hui biotechnology e ʻohi i nā pōmaikaʻi o nā lāʻau lapaʻau kuʻuna i kūʻai ʻia, me ka ʻole o nā kaiāulu kūloko a me nā poʻe ʻōiwi mai ke kaʻina hana hoʻomohala a me nā mea i loaʻa mai. 

Hāʻawi ka Kisameet Clay i ke kaiāulu olakino i kahi manawa kūʻokoʻa: kahi manawa e hakakā ai i nā maʻi weliweli a hoʻokumu i kahi kumu hoʻohālike hou o ka laulima ma waena o nā mea kuleana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe. He holomua kēia e nānā pono i ka wā e wehe ai.