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ʻO Elapegademase-lvlr kahi lāʻau lapaʻau pani enzyme i hana ʻia e mālama i kahi maʻi genetic laha ʻole i kapa ʻia ʻo adenosine deaminase severe combined immunodeficiency (ADA-SCID). Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka pani ʻana i kahi enzyme i nalowale e pono ai kou kino e mālama i kahi ʻōnaehana pale maʻi olakino. Inā ua ʻike ʻia ʻoe a i ʻole kāu mea aloha me ADA-SCID, hiki i kēia lapaʻau ke kōkua i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka hana immune a pale i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi.
ʻO Elapegademase-lvlr kahi mana i hana ʻia e ke kanaka o ka enzyme adenosine deaminase i hānau ʻia kekahi poʻe me ka ʻole. Ke nele kou kino i kēia enzyme, ʻaʻole hiki i kāu ʻōnaehana pale ke hana pono, e waiho ana iā ʻoe i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi. Hāʻawi ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he injection i loko o kou ʻiʻo, maʻamau i kou ʻūhā a i ʻole ka lima luna.
No ka papa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kapa ʻia ʻo enzyme replacement therapies ka lāʻau. Hana kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i kou kino i nā protein kikoʻī e pono ai e hana i nā hana koʻikoʻi. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka hāʻawi ʻana i kou kino i ka ʻāpana i nalowale e pono ai e kūkulu i kahi ʻōnaehana pale ikaika.
Mālama kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ka adenosine deaminase severe combined immunodeficiency, kahi maʻi genetic laha ʻole e pili ana i kāu ʻōnaehana pale mai ka hānau ʻana. He liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻohe hana immune ka poʻe me ADA-SCID, e hoʻolilo iā lākou i nā maʻi i nā maʻi e maʻalahi.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kēia lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ʻo ADA-SCID a pono i kahi koho ʻē aʻe i ka transplant iwi iwi a i ʻole ka gene therapy. Kōkua ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka hiki o kāu ʻōnaehana pale e hakakā i ka bacteria, nā maʻi, a me nā mea ola ʻino ʻē aʻe. No nā maʻi he nui, hiki i kēia lapaʻau ke hoʻololi i ke ola, e ʻae iā lākou e ola i nā ola maʻamau me ka liʻiliʻi o nā maʻi.
Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka pani ʻana i ka enzyme adenosine deaminase i nalowale i loko o kou kino. Hoʻokaʻawale maʻamau kēia enzyme i nā mea ʻawaʻawa i kapa ʻia ʻo deoxyadenosine a me adenosine e hiki ke hōʻino i kāu mau pūnaewele pale. Me ka ʻole o kēia enzyme, e kūkulu ʻia kēia mau mea ʻino a luku i nā pūnaewele e pale iā ʻoe mai nā maʻi.
Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe nā injections elapegademase-lvlr, hāʻawi ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kou kino i ka enzyme hana e pono ai. A laila, hoʻokaʻawale ka enzyme i nā mea ʻawaʻawa, e ʻae ana i kāu mau pūnaewele pale e ola a hana pono. Kōkua kēia hana i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka hiki o kāu ʻōnaehana pale e ʻike a hakakā i nā maʻi.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau he lapaʻau ikaika a maikaʻi no ADA-SCID. Eia naʻe, pono ia i nā injections e hoʻomau i kāna mau pōmaikaʻi no ka mea ʻaʻole e mau loa ka enzyme i loko o kou kino.
E loaʻa iā ʻoe kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ke ʻano he injection i loko o kou ʻiʻo, i hāʻawi ʻia e kahi mea mālama ola i loko o kahi hoʻonohonoho lapaʻau. Hoʻokomo maʻamau ka injection i loko o kou ʻiʻo ʻūhā a i ʻole ka lima luna. E hoʻoholo kāu kauka i ka nui kūpono e pili ana i kou kaumaha a me ke ʻano o kou kino e pane ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Hāʻawi ʻia nā injections i hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha manawa i ka pule, ma muli o kāu mau pono. E nānā kāu hui mālama ola i kāu hana pale i nā manawa a pau e hōʻoia i ka hana pono ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me ka meaʻai a i ʻole e pale i ka ʻai ʻana ma mua o kāu injection.
He mea nui e mālama i nā manawa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no nā injections. ʻO ka nalo ʻana i nā mea hiki ke ʻae i nā mea ʻawaʻawa e kūkulu hou, hiki ke hoʻonāwali i kāu ʻōnaehana pale a hoʻokomo iā ʻoe i ka pilikia o nā maʻi.
Pono ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ADA-SCID e hoʻomau i kēia lapaʻau no ka manawa pau ʻole e mālama i kā lākou hana pale. Ma muli o kēia he maʻi genetic, ʻaʻole hiki i kou kino ke hana i ka enzyme adenosine deaminase maoli. Hoʻololi maoli ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēia hana i nalowale no ka lōʻihi o kou lawe ʻana.
E nānā mau kāu kauka i kāu ʻōnaehana pale ma o nā hoʻokolohua koko e hōʻoia i ka hana pono ʻana o ka lapaʻau. Hiki i kekahi poʻe maʻi ke hoʻololi i nā lapaʻau ʻē aʻe e like me ka gene therapy a i ʻole ka transplant iwi iwi, akā pili kēia i nā mea he nui e like me kou makahiki, ke olakino holoʻokoʻa, a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea hāʻawi kūpono.
Pono e hana mau ʻia ka hoʻoholo e pili ana i ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka lapaʻau me kāu hui mālama ola, nāna e loiloi i kāu kūlana kikoʻī a kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i kāu mau koho.
E like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki i ka elapegademase-lvlr ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻike nā kānaka a pau iā lākou. Hiki ke mālama ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao a e nānā pono kāu hui mālama ola iā ʻoe no nā pilikia.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e ʻike ai ʻoe:
He maʻalahi kēia mau hōʻailona a maʻa mau e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke hōʻike i nā ala e mālama ai i kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao inā lilo lākou i mea pilikia.
Aia kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi akā ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi e koi ai i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke:
He mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau hopena koʻikoʻi, akā he mea nui e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona.
ʻAʻole kūpono kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no nā mea a pau, a e loiloi pono kāu kauka inā kūpono ia iā ʻoe. ʻAʻole pono ka poʻe i loaʻa nā hopena maʻi maʻi koʻikoʻi iā elapegademase-lvlr a i ʻole kekahi o kāna mau mea e loaʻa i kēia lapaʻau.
E noʻonoʻo pū kāu kauka i kou kūlana olakino holoʻokoʻa ma mua o ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau. Pono paha ka poʻe me kekahi mau maʻi autoimmune a i ʻole ka poʻe e lawe ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kāohi ana i ka ʻōnaehana pale i ka nānā kūikawā a i ʻole nā lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Inā hāpai ʻoe a i ʻole e hoʻolālā ana e hāpai, e kūkākūkā i kēia me kāu mea mālama ola. ʻAʻole i hoʻokumu piha ʻia ka palekana o elapegademase-lvlr i ka wā hāpai, no laila pono kāu kauka e kaupaona i nā pōmaikaʻi e kūʻē i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa iā ʻoe a me kāu pēpē.
ʻO ka inoa inoa no elapegademase-lvlr ʻo Revcovi. Hana ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e Leadiant Biosciences a ua hoʻomohala kūikawā ʻia e mālama i nā maʻi ADA-SCID e pono ai i ka therapy pani enzyme.
Ke kūkākūkā ʻana i kāu lapaʻau me nā mea mālama ola a i ʻole nā kālepa lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki iā ʻoe ke kuhikuhi iā ia ma kona inoa maʻamau (elapegademase-lvlr) a i ʻole kona inoa inoa (Revcovi). E pili ana nā inoa ʻelua i ka lāʻau lapaʻau like.
No nā kānaka me ka ADA-SCID, aia kekahi mau koho lapaʻau i loaʻa, akā, e hilinaʻi ana ke koho maikaʻi loa i kou mau kūlana pilikino. ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka iwi iwi (i kapa ʻia hoʻi he hematopoietic stem cell transplant) i manaʻo pinepine ʻia ʻo ia ke ʻano lapaʻau maikaʻi loa, ʻoi loa no nā pēpē a me nā keiki ʻōpio.
ʻO ka lāʻau gene kekahi koho maikaʻi e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i kāu mau cell stem ponoʻī e hana i ka enzyme nalowale. Ua hōʻike kēia lapaʻau i nā hopena maikaʻi loa i nā hoʻokolohua lapaʻau a hiki ke hāʻawi i ka lāʻau lōʻihi no kekahi mau maʻi.
Ua hoʻohana ʻia kekahi lāʻau pani enzyme i kapa ʻia ʻo pegademase bovine (PEG-ADA) i ka wā ma mua, akā ua makemake nui ʻia ʻo elapegademase-lvlr ma muli o kona maikaʻi a me ka emi ʻana o ka pilikia o nā hopena immune. E kūkākūkā kāu hui mālama ola i ke koho maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Elapegademase-lvlr he hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana ma luna o ka lāʻau pegademase bovine kahiko. Ua loaʻa ka lāʻau hou mai nā kumu kanaka ma mua o nā kumu bipi, e hōʻemi ana i ka pilikia o kou ʻōnaehana immune e hoʻomohala i nā antibodies e kūʻē i ka lāʻau.
Ua hōʻike nā haʻawina lapaʻau e hāʻawi ana ʻo elapegademase-lvlr i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana immune maikaʻi aʻe a he liʻiliʻi paha nā hopena ʻaoʻao ma mua o ka pegademase bovine. ʻIke pinepine nā maʻi i ka maikaʻi o ke ola a me ka emi ʻana o nā maʻi me ka lāʻau hou.
Eia naʻe, lawelawe nā lāʻau ʻelua i ke kumu like o ka pani ʻana i ka enzyme nalowale. E noʻonoʻo kāu kauka i nā mea e like me kou kūlana olakino i kēia manawa, ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau ma mua, a me ka pane pilikino i ka wā e ʻōlelo ai i ke koho maikaʻi loa no ʻoe.
ʻAe, palekana ʻo elapegademase-lvlr no nā keiki a hoʻohana pinepine ʻia i nā maʻi pediatric me ADA-SCID. Ma muli o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o kēia maʻi i ka wā kamaliʻi, he nui nā maʻi e hoʻomaka i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā ʻōpio loa. Ua aʻo kūikawā ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā keiki a ua hōʻike ʻia nā hopena palekana a me ka pono.
Pono nā keiki e loaʻa ana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ka nānā mau ʻana e like me nā maʻi makua. E hoʻoponopono kāu hui mālama ola i ke keiki i ka mahele ma muli o ko lākou kaumaha a me ka ulu ʻana, a e nānā lākou i nā hopena ʻaoʻao a i ʻole nā loli i ka hana immune.
Inā manaʻo ʻoe ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka nui o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola a i ʻole e hele i ka lumi pilikia kokoke loa. Hiki i nā hōʻailona overdose ke komo i ka nausea koʻikoʻi, ka luaʻi ʻana, a i ʻole nā hopena maʻi, ʻoiai he kakaikahi nā overdose koʻikoʻi no ka mea e hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau e nā poʻe loea mālama ola.
E nānā pono kāu hui lapaʻau iā ʻoe a hāʻawi i ka mālama kākoʻo inā pono. Hiki iā lākou ke nānā i kāu helu koko a me ka hana immune e hōʻoia i ka paʻa ʻana o nā mea āpau. Mai ho'āʻo e mālama i nā hōʻailona iā ʻoe iho - e ʻimi mau i ke kōkua lapaʻau ʻoihana.
Inā hala ʻoe i kahi injection i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola i ka hiki wawe e hoʻonohonoho hou. Mai kali no kāu mahele i hoʻonohonoho mau ʻia, no ka mea, he mea nui ka mālama ʻana i nā pae kūlike o ka enzyme i loko o kou kino no ka mālama ʻana i kāu ʻōnaehana immune e hana pono ana.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke makemake e ʻike iā ʻoe ma mua o ka mea i hoʻolālā mua ʻia, ʻoiai inā ua hala ʻoe i nā mahele he nui. Hiki iā lākou ke ʻōlelo aku i ka nānā hou ʻana e hōʻoia ʻaʻole i hoʻopilikia ʻia kāu hana immune i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e hooki i ka lawe ʻana i ka elapegademase-lvlr me ke kūkākūkā ʻole ʻana me kāu hui mālama ola mua. Ma muli o ka maʻi genetic ola o ADA-SCID, hiki i ka hooki ʻana i ka lapaʻau ke alakaʻi koke i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o nā pilikia o ka ʻōnaehana pale a me ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka pilikia o nā maʻi koʻikoʻi.
Hiki i kekahi poʻe maʻi ke hoʻololi i nā lapaʻau ʻē aʻe e like me ka gene therapy a i ʻole ka transplant iwi iwi, akā pono kēia hoʻoholo i ka hoʻolālā a me ka nānā pono ʻana. E kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo inā a i ka manawa e kūpono ai nā lapaʻau ʻē aʻe no kou kūlana.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i ka wā e loaʻa ana kēia lapaʻau, akā pono ka hoʻolālā pono. Pono ʻoe e hoʻopili me nā mea mālama ola ma kāu wahi e hōʻoia ai e hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kāu mau injections i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. Pono ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka mālama kūikawā a me ka lawelawe ʻana, no laila pono e hana ʻia nā hoʻonohonoho ma mua.
Hiki i kāu hui mālama ola ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻolālā no ka huakaʻi ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā palapala lapaʻau a me ka hoʻopili ʻana iā ʻoe me nā keʻena lapaʻau kūpono. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻololi iki i kāu papa hana injection e hoʻokō i kāu mau lā huakaʻi me ka mālama ʻana i ka pono o kāu lapaʻau.
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