A farkon barkewar cutar ta Covid-19, ƙarancin takarda bayan gida ya mamaye masu siyayya kuma ya haifar da tara kuɗi mai ƙarfi da ƙarin sha'awar wasu hanyoyin kamar bidets. Yanzu, irin wannan rikicin yana shafar masana kimiyya a cikin dakin gwaje-gwaje: karancin abubuwan da za a iya zubar da su, samfuran filastik bakararre, musamman tukwici na pipette, Sally Herships da David Gura rahoton na NPR's The Indicator.
Pipette tukwicikayan aiki ne masu mahimmanci don motsawa takamaiman adadin ruwa a cikin dakin gwaje-gwaje. Bincike da gwaje-gwaje masu alaƙa da Covid-19 sun haifar da buƙatun robobi, amma abubuwan da ke haifar da ƙarancin robobi sun wuce buƙatu. Abubuwa daga matsanancin yanayi zuwa karancin ma'aikata sun mamaye matakai da yawa na sarkar samar da kayayyaki don tsoma baki tare da samar da kayan aikin gwaji na yau da kullun.
Kuma masana kimiyya suna da wuyar yin tunanin yadda bincike zai yi kama ba tare da tukwici na pipette ba.
Manajan Lab na Octant Bio Gabrielle Bostwick ya ce "tunanin samun damar yin kimiyya ba tare da su ba abin dariya ne."Labarai STAT' Kate Sheridan.
Pipette tukwicisun kasance kamar basters na turkey waɗanda aka ruɗe har zuwa 'yan inci kaɗan kaɗan. Maimakon kwandon roba a ƙarshen da aka matse kuma a sake shi don tsotse ruwa, shawarwarin pipette suna haɗawa da na'urar micropipette da masanin kimiyya zai iya saita don ɗaukar takamaiman adadin ruwa, yawanci ana auna shi da microliters. Tukwici Pipette sun zo da girma da salo daban-daban don ayyuka daban-daban, kuma masana kimiyya galibi suna amfani da sabon tukwici don kowane samfurin don hana kamuwa da cuta.
Ga kowane gwajin Covid-19, masana kimiyya suna amfani da shawarwarin pipette guda huɗu, Gabe Howell, wanda ke aiki a mai rarraba kayan aikin lab a San Diego, ya gaya wa NPR. Kuma Amurka ita kaɗai ke gudanar da miliyoyin waɗannan gwaje-gwaje a kowace rana, don haka tushen ƙarancin wadatar filastik na yanzu ya fara komawa farkon cutar.
"Ban san wani kamfani da ke da samfuran da ke da alaƙa da rabin gwajin [Covid-19] ba wanda bai sami babban buƙatun da ya mamaye ƙarfin masana'antar da ke aiki ba," in ji Kai te Kaat, mataimakin. shugaba don gudanar da shirin kimiyyar rayuwa a QIAGEN, zuwa Shawna Williams a wurinMasanin kimiyyamujallar.
Masana kimiyya da ke gudanar da kowane nau'i na bincike, ciki har da kwayoyin halitta, bioengineering, binciken bincike na jarirai da cututtuka da ba kasafai ba, sun dogara da shawarwarin pipette don aikinsu. Amma karancin kayan aiki ya rage wasu ayyuka da watanni, da kuma lokacin da ake kashewa kan bin diddigin abubuwan da aka yanke zuwa lokacin da aka kashe wajen yin bincike.
"Kuna ciyar da lokaci mai yawa don tabbatar da cewa kun kasance a saman kaya a cikin dakin gwaje-gwaje," in ji Jami'ar California, San Diego masanin ilimin halitta Anthony Berndt.Masanin kimiyyamujallar. "Muna kashewa sosai a kowace rana don bincika ɗakunan ajiya, tabbatar da cewa muna da komai kuma muna shirin akalla makonni shida zuwa takwas a gaba."
Batun sarkar samar da kayayyaki ya wuce karuwar bukatar robobi da suka biyo bayan barkewar cutar ta Covid-19. Lokacin da guguwar hunturu Uri ta afkawa Texas a watan Fabrairu, katsewar wutar lantarki ta afkawa masana'antun masana'antu waɗanda ke haifar da resin polypropylene, albarkatun ƙasa.filastik pipette tukwici, wanda hakan ya haifar da karancin wadatattun tukwici, rahotanniLabarai STAT.
Lokacin aikawa: Juni-02-2021