Ingane yokuqala odokotela abahlinzayo baseMelika abamfaka kuyo uqhoqhoqho owakhulela elabhorethri ngo-April 2013, kubika i-New York Times. Intombazane yayizohlanganisa iminyaka emithathu ngo-Agasti.
UHannah Warren wazalelwa eSouth Korea ngaphandle koqhoqhoqho (umama wakhe ungowaseKorea kanti uyise ungowaseCanada). Kwakumele adliwe ngokwenziwa, wayengakwazi ukufunda ukukhuluma. Ochwepheshe beSibhedlela Sezingane sase-Illinois banqume ukufakelwa uqhoqhoqho. Kwenziwa ngo-Ephreli 9, lapho intombazane ineminyaka engu-2,5 ubudala.
Wafakwa uqhoqhoqho owenziwe ngemicu yokwenziwa, lapho kwabekwa khona amangqamuzana esiqu somnkantsha aqoqwe entombazaneni. Ehlakulelwa endaweni efanele ku-bioreactor, ashintsha abe amaseli oqhoqhoqho, akha isitho esisha. Lokhu kwenziwe nguProf. U-Paolo Macchiarinim ovela e-Karolinska Institute e-Stockholm (eSweden), obenguchwepheshe ekutshalweni kwama-tracheas elabhorethri iminyaka eminingana.
Lokhu kuhlinzwa kwenziwa udokotela ohlinza izingane, uDkt. Mark J. Holterman, uyise wentombazane, uYoung-Mi Warren, ahlangana naye ngenhlanhla eseSouth Korea. Bekungokwesithupha ukufakelwa uqhoqhoqho kokwenziwa emhlabeni futhi bekungokokuqala e-USA.
Nokho, kwaba nezinkinga. Umminzo awuzange uphole, ngemva kwenyanga odokotela kwadingeka baphinde bamhlinze. “Kwabe sekuvela ezinye izinkinga ezazingaphezu kwamandla futhi uHannah Warren washona,” kusho uDkt. Holterman.
Lo chwepheshe ugcizelele ukuthi isizathu sezinkinga kwakungewona uqhoqhoqho otshalwe kabusha. Ngenxa yokukhubazeka kokuzalwa, intombazane yayinezicubu ezibuthakathaka, okwenza kube nzima ukuphola ngemva kokufakelwa. Wavuma ukuthi wayengeyena umuntu ofaneleka kakhulu ekuhlinzweni okunjalo.
Isibhedlela Sezingane sase-Illinois mancane amathuba okuthi sikuyeke okunye ukufakelwa okunjalo. UDkt Holterman uthe isibhedlela sihlose ukugxila ekufakelweni kwezicubu nezitho ezitshalwe elabhorethri.
U-Hannah Warren uyicala lesibili elibulalayo lokufa ngemva kokufakelwa uqhoqhoqho. NgoNovemba 2011, uChristopher Lyles washonela esibhedlela eBaltimore. Wayengumuntu wesibili emhlabeni owafakelwa uqhoqhoqho ngaphambilini owawutshalwe elabhorethri usuka kumaseli akhe. Inqubo yenziwa eKarolinska Institute eduze kwaseStockholm.
Indoda yayinomdlavuza woqhoqhoqho. Isimila sase sisikhulu kangangokuthi sasingenakukhishwa. Uqhoqhoqho lwakhe lonke lwasikwa futhi elisha, lathuthukiswa ngu-prof. Paolo Macchiarini. ULyles ushone eneminyaka engu-30 kuphela. Imbangela yokushona kwakhe ayizange ichazwe. (PAP)
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