Eminyakeni eyishumi nengxenye edlule, utamatisi we-GM anothiswe ngama-anthocyanins awusizo adalwa e-UK. Kodwa kuphela manje sebevunyelwe ukukhula ngokukhululeka - bese kuphela e-USA. Lesi sinqumo senziwe ngabahloli bombuso be-APHIS, abalawula ukushintshwa kwezitshalo nezilwane. Kuchazwe emyalezweni weBritish John Innes Center.
Emuva ku-2008, uCathy Martin kanye nozakwabo abavela kulesi sikhungo socwaningo babonisa utamatisi we-GM ongavamile ohlanganiswe nama-anthocyanins. Lezi pigments zezitshalo zibhekwa njengeziwusizo kakhulu: zidlala indima yama-antioxidants, zinciphisa izinga lokuvuvukala, ingozi yesifo sikashukela kanye nomfutho wegazi ophezulu. Kungama-anthocyanins anikeza umbala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka-nsomi wamajikijolo aluhlaza kanye namanye amajikijolo amaningi.
Isikhumba esinsomi sezinye izinhlobo zikatamatisi sibuye sihlotshaniswe nama-anthocyanins, nakuba izitshalo ziwakhiqiza ngamanani amancane, futhi izimibalabala azingcolisi ngisho nesithelo. Ngakho-ke, uMartin nozakwabo bakhe utamatisi we-GM ephethe i-gene-regulator ye-anthocyanin synthesis ebolekwe ezitshalweni ze-snapdragon. Izithelo ezitholiwe zazingezona nje ezingavamile ngokubukeka, kodwa (ngokweziqinisekiso zezazi zezinto eziphilayo) nazo ziwusizo. Emsebenzini ofanayo, ososayensi babonise ukuthi amagundane - umugqa waselabhorethri okhula kalula nge-oncological nezinye izifo - aphila isikhathi eside ngokuphawulekayo uma ephakelwa utamatisi we-GM onsomi.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, u-Katie Martin kanye nababhali bakhe basungula inkampani i-Norwich Plant Sciences, ehlanganyela ekuletheni imikhiqizo emisha emakethe enkulu. Inqubo yaphenduka yaba inkimbinkimbi nakakhulu futhi yaba yinde kunokwakhiwa kwe-"Big Purple Tomato" ngokwayo, njengoba ososayensi bebiza iphrojekthi yabo. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, utamatisi we-GM ekugcineni wathola imvume esemthethweni evela kwa-American Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Manje wonke umuntu e-United States angakhula ngokukhululekile izitshalo ezinjalo njengezitshalo zasengadini ezivame kakhulu, kodwa maduzane isinqumo esifanayo kulindeleke e-UK.
Ngaleso sikhathi, ababambiqhaza be-Big Purple Tomato basakaza umkhiqizo wabo futhi balungiselela ukwamukela ama-oda aku-inthanethi embewu. Umgomo wabo oyinhloko usalokhu ufana - ukuthola imvume esemthethweni yokusebenzisa utamatisi we-GM ekudleni. Ukuthi kusazothatha iminyaka emingaki akwaziwa.
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