I-DIY biohacking: Indlela yokuphila ekhuthaza ukulawula okuphelele phezu kofuzo lwakho

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• Igama lomlobi

  I-Quantumrun Foresight
• November 10, 2021

I-Biohacking, umkhuba ohilela ukuguqula imisebenzi yemvelo yomzimba, iyakhula, ngokuguqulwa kwe-DNA ngamakhithi asekhaya njengenye yezindlela zayo ezinamandla kakhulu. Lo mkhuba, owenziwe ubuchwepheshe be-CRISPR, ungase uholele ekwelashweni kwezifo zofuzo futhi uye wavusa ukwakhiwa kwemboni entsha ehlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ze-biohacking. Kodwa-ke, ukwanda kwe-biohacking nakho kuveza imithelela ebalulekile, kusukela ekuguquguqukeni kwemibono yokunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nokwakhiwa kwamathuba emisebenzi kuye esidingweni somthetho omusha.

DIY biohacking umongo 

I-Biohacking, ebhekise ekulungiseni noma ekuthuthukiseni imisebenzi yemvelo yomzimba womuntu, ibone ukwanda kokuthandwa. Enye yezindlela eziqine kakhulu ihilela ukusetshenziswa kwezinsiza zasekhaya eziklanyelwe ukushintsha i-DNA yomuntu. Elinye lamathuluzi avumela lokhu ubuchwepheshe be-Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR), obuvumela ukukhohliswa okunembile kwezinto zofuzo. I-CRISPR yamukelwe ososayensi emhlabeni wonke ukuze iguqule i-DNA yezinto eziphilayo, isuka kubhaktheriya elula iye kwezilwane ezincelisayo eziyinkimbinkimbi.

Ngokombono, ikhono lokushintsha i-DNA yezinto eziphilayo lingavula indlela yokwelashwa kwezifo ezihlukahlukene zofuzo. Lokhu kufezwa kufezwa ngokusebenzisa i-CRISPR ukusika imicu ye-DNA ezindaweni ezithile bese iphinda iwahlanganisa ngokulandelana okuphikisana nemithelela yokuguqulwa kofuzo okuyingozi. Umuntu ophawulekayo emphakathini we-biohacking, uDkt. Josiah Zayner, owayengusosayensi ku-National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), usebenzise leli thuba ngokukhiqiza amakhithi asekhaya avumela abantu ukuthi bahlole ubuchwepheshe be-CRISPR ngaphandle kokugadwa kochwepheshe.

I-Biohacking, nokho, ayikhawulelwe ekukhohlisweni kofuzo. Ezinye izindlela zihlanganisa ukusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa ezithuthukisa ingqondo ezaziwa ngokuthi ama-nootropics kanye nokufakwa kwama-computer chips emzimbeni. I-Nootropics, isigaba sezinto okukholakala ukuthi zithuthukisa imisebenzi yengqondo njengokugxila nokugcinwa kwenkumbulo, ithole okulandelayo phakathi kwama-biohackers. Ngokufanayo, ukufakwa kwemishini emincane yokulandela umkhondo noma yokulinganisa ezingxenyeni ezihlukahlukene zomzimba kuye kwahlolelwa ukusetshenziswa okuhlukahlukene, kusukela ekuhlolweni okuqhubekayo kwamazinga eglucose kwabanesifo sikashukela kuya ezinhlelweni zokungena ezingenasici.

Umthelela ophazamisayo

Njengoba intshisekelo kwezempilo nempilo iqhubeka ikhula, singabona ukwanda okuhambisanayo ekudumeni kwe-biohacking ye-do-it-yourself. Lo mkhuba ungase uholele ekuqhamukeni kwemboni encane entsha ezinikele ekuhlinzekeni ngezinsizakalo eziphelele ze-biohacking. Amabhizinisi angase aqale ukunikeza uhla lwemikhiqizo namasevisi, kusukela kuma-nootropics enziwe ngokwezifiso namadivayisi afakelwayo kuya ekuhlaziyweni kofuzo kanye nezinsizakalo zokuhlela. Isibonelo, inkampani ingase inikeze isevisi ehlaziya ukwakheka kofuzo komuntu futhi inikeze isethi yomuntu siqu yama-nootropics.

Lo mkhakha osafufusa ungaphinda udale amathuba emisebenzi amasha, ikakhulukazi kososayensi nochwepheshe bezokwelapha. Lezi zindima zingagxila ekuqinisekiseni ukuphepha nokusebenza ngempumelelo kwezinqubo ze-biohacking, isici esibalulekile uma kubhekwa izingozi zezempilo ezingaba khona ezihlobene nokuguqula ibhayoloji yomuntu. Isibonelo, inkampani esebenza ngamadivaysi afakelwayo ingase iqashe ochwepheshe bezokwelapha ukuthi bengamele inqubo yokufakelwa futhi baqaphe imiphumela yezempilo yesikhathi eside yamakhasimende abo. Ngokufanayo, amabhizinisi ahlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zokuhlela izakhi zofuzo azodinga ososayensi abanolwazi kwezofuzo kanye nobuchwepheshe be-CRISPR ukuze baqinisekise ukusetshenziswa okuphephile nokusebenzayo kwemikhiqizo yabo.

Ukunwetshwa kwe-biohacking nakho kungaholela ekuguqukeni kwezinsiza zasekhaya, okuvumela abantu ukuba benze ngendlela oyifisayo okuhlangenwe nakho kwabo kwe-biohacking. Izinkampani zingase zinikeze izinhlobonhlobo zezinsizakalo ngaphakathi kwala makhithi, okuvumela amakhasimende ukuthi akhethe izindlela ze-biohacking ezihambisana kangcono nezidingo nezinhloso zabo. Kodwa-ke, ohulumeni bangase badinge ukungenelela futhi baqinisekise ukuthi kunemithethonqubo efanele ukuvimbela lezi zinsizakalo ze-DIY ekubeni yingozi ekunakekelweni kwezempilo komphakathi. 

Imithelela ye-DIY biohacking

Imithelela ebanzi ye-DIY biohacking ingafaka:

• Abasubathi bahlela i-DNA yabo ukuze bathuthukise ukusebenza kwabo ekuziqeqesheni nasemidlalweni. 
• Amabutho adala amasosha aphakeme ngokofuzo ukuze asize emisebenzini enzima enkundleni. 
• Ushintsho kuma-paradigms okunakekelwa kwezempilo, lapho abantu bethatha umthwalo owengeziwe ngempilo yabo nokuphila kahle, okuholela ekwehleni kwezindleko zokunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nokwenyuka kokunakekelwa kokuvikela.
• Amathuba amasha emisebenzi ku-biotechnology, ukwelulekwa ngofuzo, kanye nemithi yomuntu siqu.
• Isidingo somthetho omusha nezinhlaka zokulawula ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukusetshenziswa okuphephile nokuziphatha kobuchwepheshe be-biohacking, okuholela ezingxoxweni mayelana namalungelo omuntu ngamunye, ubumfihlo, kanye nencazelo yokuthuthukiswa komuntu.
• Izinguquko ezinkambisweni zezibalo zabantu njengoba ubuchwepheshe be-biohacking kwandisa isikhathi sokuphila komuntu futhi buthuthukise izinga lempilo, okuholela ekwandeni kwenani labantu abadala.
• Ukusheshisa kwentuthuko yezobuchwepheshe ku-genomics, neuroscience, kanye ne-nanotechnology okuholela ekuphumeleleni kwezinye izindawo zesayensi nezokwelapha.
• Isidingo esikhulayo sochwepheshe abanolwazi kubuchwepheshe be-biohacking okuholela ezinguqukweni ezinhlelweni zemfundo nokuqeqeshwa ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nalezi zidingo ezintsha.
• Isidingo sokukhiqiza okusimeme kanye namasu okuphatha imfucuza embonini ye-biohacking.

Imibuzo okufanele icatshangelwe

• Ucabanga ukuthi i-biohacking kufanele ilawulwe futhi ngani? 
• Yimiphi imiphumela engaba yingozi yokuvumela abantu balawule ibhayoloji yabo?