Shekaru goma da rabi da suka wuce, an ƙirƙiri tumatir GM waɗanda aka wadatar da anthocyanins masu amfani a cikin Burtaniya. Amma yanzu kawai an ba su damar girma cikin yardar kaina - sannan kuma a cikin Amurka kawai. Hukumar sa ido ta jihar APHIS ce ta yanke wannan shawarar, wacce ke kula da yadda ake sarrafa tsiro da dabbobi. An kwatanta shi a cikin sakon Cibiyar John Innes ta Burtaniya.
Komawa cikin 2008, Cathy Martin da abokan aikinta daga wannan cibiyar bincike sun nuna sabon tumatir GM waɗanda aka wadatar da anthocyanins. Wadannan pigments na shuka ana daukar su da amfani sosai: suna taka rawar antioxidants, rage matakin kumburi, haɗarin ciwon sukari da hauhawar jini. Anthocyanins ne ke ba da launin shuɗi-purple na blueberries da sauran berries.
Fatar wasu nau’in tumatir da shunayya kuma ana danganta su da anthocyanins, duk da cewa shuke-shuken suna samar da su da yawa, kuma pigment din ba ya lalata ɓangarorin ’ya’yan itacen. Saboda haka, Martin da abokan aikinta sun kirkiro tumatir GM suna ɗauke da mai sarrafa tsarin halittar anthocyanin da aka aro daga tsire-tsire na snapdragon. 'Ya'yan itãcen marmari da aka samu ba kawai sabon abu ba ne a bayyanar, amma (bisa ga tabbacin masanan halittu) kuma suna da amfani. A cikin wannan aikin, masana kimiyya sun nuna cewa mice - layin dakin gwaje-gwaje wanda ke haifar da cututtuka da sauran cututtuka a sauƙaƙe - suna rayuwa sosai idan an ciyar da tumatir GM mai ruwan hoda.
A lokaci guda, Katie Martin da abokan aikinta sun ƙaddamar da kamfanin Norwich Plant Sciences, wanda ke da alhakin kawo sababbin kayayyaki zuwa kasuwa mai yawa. Tsarin ya zama mafi rikitarwa da tsayi fiye da ƙirƙirar "Big Purple Tomato" kanta, kamar yadda masana kimiyya suka kira aikin su. Kwanaki kaɗan da suka gabata, tumatir GM a ƙarshe sun sami izini a hukumance daga Sabis na Kula da Lafiyar Dabbobi na Amurka (APHIS). Yanzu kowa da kowa a Amurka zai iya yin shuka irin wannan tsire-tsire a matsayin mafi yawan amfanin gona na lambu, amma nan da nan ana sa ran yanke irin wannan shawarar a Burtaniya.
A halin yanzu, mahalarta Big Purple Tomato suna haɓaka samfuran su kuma suna shirye-shiryen karɓar odar kan layi don iri. Babban burin su ya kasance iri ɗaya - samun izinin hukuma don amfani da tumatir GM a cikin abinci. Shekaru nawa zai ɗauka ba a sani ba.
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