Cheng Jing
U-Cheng Jing, isazinzulu esineqela elaphuhlisa “i-chip” yokuqala ye-DNA yaseTshayina ukubona i-SARS kwiminyaka eli-17 eyadlulayo, unegalelo elikhulu kumlo wokuqhambuka kwe-COVID-19.
Ngaphantsi kweveki enye, waye wakhokela iqela ukuba liphuhlise ikhithi enokuthi ngaxeshanye ibone iintsholongwane ezintandathu zokuphefumla, kubandakanya i-COVID-19, kwaye ihlangabezane neemfuno ezingxamisekileyo zokuxilongwa kwezonyango.
Wazalwa ngo-1963, u-Cheng, umongameli wenkampani kaRhulumente ye-bioscience i-CapitalBio Corp, isekela kwiNkongolo yeSizwe yaBantu kunye nomfundi we-Academy yaseTshayina yobuNjineli.
Ngomhla wama-31 kaJan, uCheng wafumana umnxeba ovela kuZhong Nanshan, ingcaphephe yesifo sokuphefumla, malunga neemeko zenyumoniya ze-coronavirus, ngokwengxelo yeSayensi kunye neTekhnoloji yemihla ngemihla.
UZhong wamxelela ngobunzima kwizibhedlele malunga novavanyo lwe-nucleic acid.
Iimpawu ze-COVID-19 kunye nomkhuhlane ziyafana, owenze uvavanyo oluchanekileyo lubaluleke ngakumbi.
Ukuchonga intsholongwane ngokukhawuleza ukuze kubekelwe izigulane zodwa ukuze zifumane unyango olungaphaya kunye nokunciphisa usulelo kubalulekile ekulawuleni ukuqhambuka.
Ngapha koko, uCheng wayesele eseke iqela lokuphanda ngovavanyo lwenoveli coronavirus ngaphambi kokuba afumane umnxeba ovela kuZhong.
Ekuqaleni, u-Cheng wayekhokela iqela elivela kwiYunivesithi yaseTsinghua kunye nenkampani ukuba ihlale kwilebhu imini nobusuku, isebenzise ngokupheleleyo yonke iminithi ukuphuhlisa i-chip DNA entsha kunye nesixhobo sokuvavanya.
UCheng wayedla ngokuba nee-noodles ezikhawulezileyo ngesidlo sangokuhlwa ngelo xesha.Wayehamba nomthwalo wakhe yonke imihla ukuze alungele ukuya “edabini” kwezinye izixeko.
"Kwasithatha iiveki ezimbini ukuphuhlisa i-DNA chips kwi-SARS ngo-2003. Ngeli xesha, sichithe ngaphantsi kweveki," kusho uCheng.
"Ngaphandle kobutyebi bamava esiwaqokelele kwiminyaka edlulileyo kunye nenkxaso eqhubekayo yelizwe kweli candelo, ngekhe sawugqiba lo msebenzi ngokukhawuleza kangaka."
Itshiphu eyayisetyenziselwa ukuvavanya intsholongwane ye-SARS yayifuna iiyure ezintandathu ukufumana iziphumo.Ngoku, i-chip entsha yenkampani inokuvavanya iintsholongwane zokuphefumla ezili-19 ngexesha elinye kwiyure enesiqingatha.
Nangona iqela liye lanciphisa ixesha lophando kunye nophuhliso lwe-chip kunye nesixhobo sokuvavanya, inkqubo yokuvunywa ayizange yenziwe lula kwaye ukuchaneka akuzange kunciphe kwaphela.
U-Cheng uqhagamshelane nezibhedlele ezine kuvavanyo lweklinikhi, ngelixa umgangatho weshishini umithathu.
“Sizolile ngakumbi kunexesha lokugqibela, sijongene nobhubhane,” utshilo uCheng.“Xa kuthelekiswa nowama-2003, ukusebenza kakuhle kophando lwethu, umgangatho wemveliso kunye nomthamo wemveliso zonke ziphucuke kakhulu.”
Ngomhla we-22 kaFebruwari, ikiti ephuhliswe liqela yavunywa yi-National Medical Products Administration kwaye isetyenziswe ngokukhawuleza kumgca wangaphambili.
Nge-2 kaMatshi, uMongameli uXi Jinping wajonga iBeijing malunga nolawulo lobhubhane kunye nothintelo lwesayensi.U-Cheng unike ingxelo yemizuzu engama-20 malunga nokusetyenziswa kobuchwephesha obutsha ekuthinteleni ubhubhane kunye nempumelelo yophando lweekiti zokufumanisa intsholongwane.
Yasekwa ngo-2000, iCapitalBio Corp engundoqo encedisa kwi-CapitalBio Technology yayise-Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, okanye i-Beijing E-Town.
Malunga neenkampani ezingama-30 kule ndawo ziye zathatha inxaxheba ngokuthe ngqo kumlo ochasene nobhubhane ngokuphuhlisa kunye nokuvelisa izixhobo ezinje ngoomatshini bokuphefumla, iirobhothi zokuqokelela igazi, oomatshini bokucoca igazi, izibonelelo zeCT scan kunye namayeza.
Ngexesha leeseshoni ezimbini zalo nyaka, u-Cheng ucebise ukuba ilizwe likhawulezise ukusekwa kwenethiwekhi yobukrelekrele kwizifo ezosulelayo ezisakhulayo, ezinokudlulisa ngokukhawuleza ulwazi malunga nobhubhane kunye nezigulana kwabasemagunyeni.
Ixesha lokuposa: Jun-12-2020