ʻO ka nui o ka haʻiki he ʻano like me ka ʻāpana coronavirus, a he 1,000 mau manawa liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka lauoho kanaka. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo nā nanoparticles hou i hoʻomohala ʻia e ka poʻe ʻepekema ma ke Kulanui o South Australia he mea maikaʻi i ka mālama ʻana i nā fungi kūʻē i ka lāʻau.

ʻO ka nanobiotechnology hou (i kapa ʻia ʻo "micelles") i hana ʻia me ka hui pū ʻana me ke Kulanui ʻo Monash he mau mana koʻikoʻi e hakakā ai i kekahi o nā maʻi fungal invasive a kūʻē i ka lāʻau-Candida albicans. Hoʻopili a hoʻokuʻu lākou i nā wai, kūpono loa ia no ka lawe ʻana i ka lāʻau.

ʻO Candida albicans kahi mea hū pathogenic opportunistic, he mea weliweli loa ia no ka poʻe me nā ʻōnaehana pale ʻole, ʻoi aku ka poʻe i loko o ka haukapila. Aia nā Candida albicans ma nā ʻaoʻao he nui a kaulana no kona kū'ē ʻana i nā lāʻau antifungal. ʻO ia ke kumu maʻamau o nā maʻi fungal ma ka honua a hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ke koko, ka puʻuwai, ka lolo, nā maka, nā iwi a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ke kino.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Nicky Thomas, ka mea noiʻi hui, ua holomua nā micelles hou i ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi fungal invasive.

Loaʻa i kēia mau micelles kahi mana kūʻokoʻa e hoʻoheheʻe a hopu i kahi ʻano o nā lāʻau antifungal koʻikoʻi, a laila e hoʻomaikaʻi nui i kā lākou hana a me ka pono.

ʻO kēia ka manawa mua i hana ʻia ai nā micelles polymer me ka hiki ke pale i ka hana ʻana o nā biofilms fungal.

No ka mea, ua hōʻike kā mākou hopena e hoʻopau nā micelles hou i ka 70% o nā maʻi, hiki ke hoʻololi maoli kēia i nā lula o ka pāʻani no ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi fungal.