Kule minyaka ingama-30 idlulileyo kubekho utshintsho oluncinci kakhulu kunyango lwe-osteosarcoma (OS). Sizinikele ekutshintsheni oku. Ngokusebenzisa i Myrovlytis Trust, sixhasa uphando nge-OS, sigxile ekufumaneni unyango olutsha. Kuyasivuyisa ukwazisa ukuba sinikezele ngenkxaso-mali kuGqr Wolfgang Paster kwiZiko laBantwana CancerIsifo apho iiseli ziyahlukana kwaye zikhule ngokungalawulekiyo kwaye zinokusasazeka kwezinye iindawo zomzimba. Iziko loPhando, eVienna, eOstriya.
Unyango lwe-Cancer immunotherapy, apho amajoni omzimba wesigulana anyuselwa ukulwa nomhlaza, iguqule imbonakalo yemihlaza emininzi. Nangona kunjalo, kwi-OS oku kungqineke kungumngeni. Amathumba e-OS alunge kakhulu ekuzifihleni kumajoni omzimba. Omnye wabathathi-nxaxheba abaphambili kwinkqubo yomzimba yokuzikhusela zii-T cells. Ezi seli zinokubona kwaye zibulale iiseli ekujoliswe kuzo, kubandakanywa neeseli zomhlaza. Ukuba sinokuchonga iithagethi zezi seli ze-T ezifumaneka kuphela kwiiseli ze-OS, singakwazi ukuphuhlisa unyango olutsha kwaye soyise eminye imiqobo yangaphambili yonyango lwamajoni omzimba.
Kule projekthi yonyaka we-1, iqela likaWolfgang liya kusebenzisa iindlela zokusika ukuchonga iiproteni ezifumaneka kuphela kwiisampuli zethumba le-OS. Baza kuvavanya emva koko ukuba ezi proteni zinokubonwa na ziiseli ze-T elabhoratri. Kwixesha elizayo, banethemba lokuba baya kukwazi ukusebenzisa ezi proteins ekujoliswe kuzo njengesiseko sonyango olutsha olunje izitofu zokugonya ithumba.
Jonga le vidiyo emfutshane ingezantsi ukusuka kuWolfgang echaza umsebenzi wakhe okanye funda isishwankathelo seprojekthi. A umbhalo wevidiyo iyafumaneka.
Siza kuqhubeka nokuxhasa uphando ngemali kwi-OS kwaye siqhubele phambili uphando. Sisanda kusungula umjikelo wethu wenkxaso-mali ka-2023. Fumanisa Okuninzi malunga nokuba sixhasa ngantoni na kunye nendlela yokufaka isicelo. Siyayamkela imibuzo engacwangciswanga ngo email.