Crystal Nelson
Ucwaningo lwakamuva lwesikhathi eside lubonisa ukuthi abantu abadala abaningi bakhuluphele ngenxa yokuthi babebhalwe ukuthi “bakhuluphele” besebancane. Ngokusho kwabacwaningi, zonke izingane ziyathinteka yilo mphumela - kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ekuqaleni zazikhuluphele noma zizacile.
Abantu abaningi abakhuluphele kakhulu babebhalwe ukuthi “bakhuluphele kakhulu” besebancane. Lokhu kufakazelwa ucwaningo lwesikhathi eside lwase-US olwenziwa yiNational Institutes of Health, manje oseluhlolwe yiNyuvesi yaseCalifornia eLos Angeles. Okutholakele, okushicilelwe kumagazini kaJuni wephephabhuku i-Jama Pediatrics, kukhombisa ukuhlangana okumangalisayo phakathi kokukhuluphala kwabantu abadala kanye nokugcona okuhlobene nesisindo somntwana.
Ungakhuluma nanoma iyiphi ingane “enamafutha”.
Abacwaningi bamangala ukuthi umphumela ochaziwe wenzeke ezingxenyeni ezimbili kwezintathu zezifundo ezibonwa phakathi nenkathi yeminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye - kungakhathaliseki ukuthi izifundo sezivele zikhuluphele ebuntwaneni babo noma isisindo esivamile. Alinganiselwa ku-2,000 amantombazane - angadluli iminyaka eyishumi - abambe iqhaza ocwaningweni.
Lokhu kuyathakazelisa kubacwaningi ngoba ukuzuza kwesisindo okubonwa ezinganeni kuncike ezingeni elithile hhayi nje kuphela endleleni ezidla ngayo noma ekuthambekeni kofuzo kodwa nakusimo sengqondo esivumelana nezimo ezingokwengqondo ezalethwa kubo ngaphandle. Ngokwabacwaningi, lesi senzakalo ngokuyisisekelo sifaniswa nesiprofetho esizigcwalisayo.
Izingane lapho ukugxekwa kwesisindo somzimba wazo - kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kuyafaneleka noma cha - kuvela emalungwini omndeni nazo zazisengozini enkulu yokuzuza isisindo.
Ekuqulweni kwecala lephilisi elilwa namafutha
Sekuyiminyaka abacwaningi bezama ukuthola indlela yokuhlonza isakhi sofuzo esinomthwalo wemfanelo wokugcina amafutha emzimbeni. Umcwaningi waseJalimane uDkt. Daniel Kraus waseNyuvesi yaseWürzburg manje kubonakala sengathi uselutholile lolu fuzo. Ekuhloleni amagundane, usosayensi wakwazi ukuvimbela isakhi sofuzo esibizwa ngokuthi i-nicotinamide-N-methyltransferase, ukuvimbela izilwane ekuqongeleleni amafutha.
Ucwaningo olusanda kunyatheliswa lubonisa ukuthi ngale ndlela, ukugcinwa kwamafutha njengomsebenzi womzimba - umzimba owusebenzisayo ukuze udale indawo yokugcina amandla ngezikhathi lapho ukudla kuntuleka khona - kungacinywa. Ngalokhu, abacwaningi baye bafika esinyathelweni esincane esiseduze nephilisi elilwa namafutha elivele livimbe isakhi esithile sofuzo.
