Ukubhiyozela iVeki yeSayensi yaseBritane: Indima ebalulekileyo yeMycology Reference Centre eManchester
NguLauren Amflett

IVeki yeSayensi yaseBritane inika ithuba elifanelekileyo lokuqaqambisa umsebenzi obalaseleyo woogxa bethu kwiMycology Reference Centre Manchester (MRCM). Iyaziwa ngobuchwephesha bayo ekuxilongeni, ekunyangeni, nasekuphandeni usulelo lomngundo, iMRCM yenze igalelo elibalulekileyo kuxilongo lokungunda kunye nokhathalelo lwesigulana. Kwi-2017 iziko lichongwe njengeZiko le-European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM) leZiko lokuGqwesa kwiClinical and Laboratory Mycology kunye neClinical Studies. Olu bizo lwandiswa ngakumbi ngo-2021, luqaqambisa ukuzinikela kwe-MRCM ekuqhubeleni phambili izakhono zophando, ekwandiseni izixhobo, nasekukhuthazeni intsebenziswano yamazwe ngamazwe. Iinzame ezinjalo zinegalelo kuphuhliso lweenkonzo kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba i-MRCM ihlala iphambili kwi-mycology yonyango, ibeka imigangatho yokugqwesa kokuxilonga kunye nokhathalelo lwezigulane.

Ifumaneka kwiSibhedlele saseWythenshawe kwaye sisebenza phantsi kweManchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), iMycology Reference Centre iManchester (MRCM) ibonelela ngeenkonzo zokuxilonga iingcali zemycology ngaphakathi kweGreater Manchester nakwi-UK yonke. Iziko libonelela ngoluhlu olubanzi lweenkonzo, kubandakanywa ulawulo lwe-antifungal kunye nesikhokelo se-mycological ekuxilongweni kwezifo kunye nolawulo lwezonyango kunye nokhathalelo lwezigulane. Ubungcali babo bugubungela uluhlu olubanzi lweemeko, kubandakanywa Candida usulelo kunye nezifo ezingapheliyo kunye ne-invasive I-Aspergillus usulelo, ngaphezu kokujongana nemiba enxulumene nokungunda kumakhaya kunye nefuthe labo kwimpilo yabantu.

Ukubaluleka komsebenzi we-MRCM kunabela ngaphaya kokuxilongwa. Usulelo lomngundo, kunye neempawu zabo ezingaqondakaliyo, zifuna indibaniselwano yokuqwalaselwa kweklinikhi kunye nophando lwebhubhoratri ukuchongwa ngokuchanekileyo kunye nonyango. Umsebenzi wokuxilonga ovunyiweyo we-MRCM unika ingcaciso kunye nesikhokelo solawulo olusebenzayo lwezigulane.

Ngaphezu koko, i-MRCM, ngentsebenziswano neZiko leSizwe leAspergillosis, inegalelo elibonakalayo kwinqanaba lezemfundo. Omabini amaziko asebenza kunye neYunivesithi yaseManchester Iqela leNtsholongwane yeFungal (i-MFIG) kwaye idlala indima ebalulekileyo kwimfundo kunye noqeqesho lwabasebenzi bezonyango ezizayo ngokusebenzisa isidanga sokuqala kunye neenkqubo ze-post-graduate kwi-Medical Mycology kunye ne-Infectious Diseases. Le ndima yemfundo iqinisekisa uqeqesho olukumgangatho ophezulu kwiingcali ezingena kwintsimi, ngakumbi ukomeleza amandla e-UK ukulwa nengxaki ekhulayo yezifo zefungal kunye nokumelana ne-antimicrobial.

I-Mycology Reference Centre iManchester lilitye lembombo loxilongo lokungunda, indawo yoqeqesho lwamazwe ngamazwe kunye nophando, kunye neqabane elibalulekileyo kumlo wehlabathi wokulwa nosulelo lomngundo. Njengoko sibhiyozela iVeki yeSayensi yaseBritane, singathanda ukuthatha ithuba lokuvuma kunye nokuncoma umsebenzi wabalingane bethu kwi-MRCM kunye negalelo labo elixabisekileyo kwisayensi, amayeza, kunye nokhathalelo lwesigulane kwilizwe nakwihlabathi jikelele.