Intengo katamatisi wokuqala oshintshwe izakhi zofuzo emhlabeni ibekwe ku-$68 noma ngaphezulu kwama-Rs11000 ngekhilogremu. Ngokwemithombo yezindaba yakwamanye amazwe, iJapane iye yathuthukisa utamatisi wokuqala emhlabeni oye wathuthukiswa ngokwengeziwe ngokwenza izinguquko eziyisisekelo ku-genome yawo. Lo tamatisi uqanjwe ngokuthi 'Sicilian Ruff High Gibba'.
Ongoti bathi utamatisi lo uqukethe iGamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) ephindwe kahlanu kunotamatisi ojwayelekile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ezinye izinhlobo ze-GABA ziye zanyuswa ezinciphisa ngokuqondile umfutho wegazi. Imbewu yayo idalwe isiqalo esibizwa nge-Sanatech, esisungulwe e-University Scuba International e-Japan. Njengamanje, lawa matamatisi athengiswa ku-inthanethi.
Ucwaningo lwenze ukuhlelwa kofuzo lukatamatisi, futhi akukho zakhi zofuzo ezintsha ezingeziwe, kodwa ukuguqulwa kofuzo kuvimbele izici ezivimbela ukukhula kwe-GABA. Ngemva kokudlula izigaba eziningana, ukukhula kwe-GABA kumatamatisi kwaqala ukwanda ngokushesha.
Ongoti baseScuba University bathi basebenzise ubuchwepheshe bokuhlela izakhi zofuzo obudumile be-CRISPR-Cas9. Nokho, ngemva kokudlula ezigabeni ezimbalwa, iye yavunyelwa ukuba yenziwe futhi ithengiswe ngezinga lezohwebo. Kusukela lapho, abalimi sebeqalile ukulima njalo.
Abacwaningi bathi umthengi wokuqala wayengabuqondi ngokugcwele ubuchwepheshe, kodwa inqubo yokulima namanye amavolontiya ayithola igculisa. Manje uMnyango Wezempilo waseJapan usugunyaze ukuthengiswa kwawo okuvamile.
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