Coronavirus – UK: Urukingo rwa Kaminuza ya Oxford rukoresha ubwirinzi bw’umubiri. Urukingo rwa coronavirus rwakozwe na Kaminuza ya Oxford yo mu Bwongereza rugaragaza ko nta kibazo ruteza kandi rufasha ubwirinzi bw’umubiri kwirwanaho.
Amagerageza yarwo yakorewe ku bantu 1,077. Yagaragaje ko kuruterwa byatumye biremamo ubwirinzi (antibodies) n’uturemangingo rwa ‘T-cells’ dushobora kurwanya coronavirus.
Ibyagezweho n’ubu bushakashatsi biratanga icyizere cyinshi cyane, ariko haracyari kare cyane kumenya niba ibi bihagije ngo bitange ubwirinzi bw’iyi virusi. Ubu hari gukorwa andi magerageza akorewe ku bantu benshi kurushaho.
Uru rukingo rukora gute?
Uru rukingo – rwitwa ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 – ruri gukorwa ku muvuduko mwinshi cyane ku kigero kitari cyarigeze kibaho mbere.
Rukozwe muri virusi yakorewe muri ‘ laboratoire’ itera ibicurane mu nguge.
Rwarahindaguwe cyane, mbere na mbere kugira ngo rudateza ubwandu mu bantu, ariko nanone no kugira ngo “ruse” na coronavirus.
Abahanga muri siyansi bakoze ibi bimurira bimwe mu bigize coronavirus bizwi nka ‘spike protein’ – iki kikaba ari igikoresho cy’ingenzi ikoresha mu kugaba igitero ku turemangingo twacu – mu rukingo barimo gukora.
Ibi bivuze ko uru rukingo rusa na coronavirus nyirizina, noneho ubwirinzi bw’umubiri bukitoza uburyo bwo kuyihashya.