Kukhona iphethini ekwethulweni kwemikhiqizo ye-biotechnology esinqume ukungayilandeli. Le phethini ihamba kanje: ukuthuthukisa ngokwehlukana, ukucwebela ukumaketha, ukwethula ngesimemezelo sezindaba, nokuthemba ukuthi umkhiqizo uzohlangabezana nemakethe. Kwezinye izikhathi iyasebenza. Lapho ingasebenzi, izizathu ngokuvamile ziyafana—umkhiqizo wakhiwe ulabhorethri ekhona emcabangweni womseki, hhayi emhlabeni wangempela.
I-DNA ME ithatha indlela ehlukile. Siyethula izinhlelo ezimbili ze-beta evaliwe ngasikhathi sinye—i-Pioneer Access yabacwaningi ngabanye kanye ne-Preferred Research Lab Partner Program yezikhungo—hhayi ngoba ipulatifomu yethu ingakapheli, kodwa ngoba sikholelwa ukuthi imikhiqizo engcono kakhulu yakhiwa ngabantu abayisebenzisayo. Lobu buchwepheshe buyasebenza. Sesicutshungule amasampula, saqinisekisa amaphaneli, futhi safaka iphatenti (PCT/EP2024/083862). Esingakakwenzanga—futhi esingakwazi ukukwenza sodwa—ukuhlola indlela yethu yokusebenza ngokwehlukahlukana okuphelele kwezimo zangempela zocwaningo. Ilabhorethri ye-microbiome iphatha amasampula ngendlela ehlukile kunesiteshi sokwengamela i-eDNA. Ilabhorethri yokuxilonga kwezilwane inezidingo ezahlukile zokucubungula kuneqembu lezifo zezitshalo. Kumele sibone ukuthi ipulatifomu yethu enekhemistri eyodwa, enephaneli enoma iyiphi, isebenza kanjani kuzo zonke lezi zimo, futhi kumele sizwe ukuthi yini esebenza kahle nokuthi yini edinga ukulungiswa.
Lokhu akusikho ukusobala okwenzelwa ukubonakala. Asabelani ngomhlahlandlela wethu wokuqhubeka ukuze sithole ukunakwa. Sakha obala ngoba kukhiqiza umkhiqizo ongcono, ngokushesha. Wonke umuntu ojoyina uhlelo lwe-beta ungumlingani osebenzisana nathi, impendulo yakhe ibumba ngqo ukuthi i-DNA ME izoba kanjani. Okuhlangenwe nakho kwabo kuba ubufakazi bethu—izifundo zamacala, izitatimende zabathengi, futhi ekugcineni izincwadi ezishicilelwe ezikhombisa ukuthi le pulatifomu ingakwenza kanjani ezandleni ezingezizo ezethu. Sikholelwa ukuthi ucwaningo akufanele lulinde izindaba zokuhlela nokuhambisa izinto. Kodwa siphinde sikholelwe ukuthi imikhiqizo akufanele yethulwe ngaphandle kokungenelela kwabantu eyenzelwe bona. Lezi zinhlelo ze-beta yindlela esihambanisa ngayo le mibono emibili. Uma ungumcwaningi ofuna ukuhlelwa okusheshayo nokuguquguqukayo, noma ilabhorethri ecabangela indlela yokusebenza elula, sikumema ukuthi ube yingxenye yalokho esikwakha. Hhayi njengomthengi. Kodwa njengomlingani. Ikhithi efanayo. Noma yiliphi iphaneli. Imiphumela ongayishicilela. Futhi yakhiwe ngososayensi, ndawonye.