Gupima inyamaswa bikomeje kuba kimwe mu bikorwa bigibwaho impaka cyane mu guhuza siyansi, amahame mbwirizamuco, n'iterambere ry'abantu. Mu myaka ibarirwa muri za mirongo, inyamaswa za miriyoni—harimo imbeba, inkwavu, inyamaswa z’ingore, n’imbwa—zakorewe igerageza muri laboratwari ku isi yose, akenshi zibabara, zigapfa vuba. Ibi bikorwa mu izina ryo guteza imbere ubuvuzi, kwemeza umutekano w’ibicuruzwa, no guteza imbere ikoranabuhanga rishya. Nyamara inyuma y’inkuta z’ubushakashatsi, inyamaswa zigira imibabaro myinshi, zibaza ibibazo byihutirwa ku bijyanye n’amahame mbwirizamuco n’uko ibyo bikorwa ari ngombwa.
Nubwo ababishyigikiye bavuga ko gupima inyamaswa byagize uruhare mu iterambere ry’ubuvuzi n’umutekano w’abaguzi, ibimenyetso bikomeje kwiyongera bigaragaza ko hari aho bigarukira n’intege nke mu by’umuco. Igerageza ryinshi ntirishobora gusobanura neza imiterere y’ibinyabuzima by’abantu, bigatera gushidikanya ku kwizerwa kwabyo. Muri icyo gihe, udushya mu ikoranabuhanga—nk’ibishushanyo mbonera by’umubiri, simulation za mudasobwa zigezweho, n’uturemangingo tw’abantu twakuze—biri gutanga ubundi buryo burangwa n’ubuntu kandi akenshi bufite ukuri kurushaho. Ibi bikorwa bivuguruza igitekerezo gishaje cy’uko gupima inyamaswa ari ngombwa kandi bigaragaza inzira igana ku iterambere rya siyansi ridafite ubugome.
Iki cyiciro kivuga ku ngingo z’amahame mbwirizamuco, siyansi, n’amategeko zo gupima inyamaswa, bigasobanura imibabaro irimo ndetse n’amahirwe yo kuyisimbuza uburyo bw’impuhwe kandi bugezweho. Mu gusuzuma amategeko ariho ubu, imikorere y’inganda, n’ibikorwa byo gukora ubuvugizi, bishimangira ko hakenewe kwihutisha ihinduka ryo kuva ku igerageza rishingiye ku nyamaswa. Amaherezo, kwita ku igerageza ry’inyamaswa ntabwo ari uguteza imbere siyansi gusa ahubwo ni no guhuza udushya n’indangagaciro z’ubutabera, impuhwe, no kubaha ibiremwa byose bifite ubuzima.
Mu myaka yashize, isi yiboneye impinduka zikomeye mubushakashatsi bwa siyanse, cyane cyane mubijyanye no kwipimisha no kwisiga. Kwipimisha inyamaswa gakondo, bimaze kugaragara nkuburyo bukenewe bwo kurinda umutekano n’ibikorwa by’ibicuruzwa, biragenda bigorana kubera uburyo bwo gupima inyamaswa. Ubundi buryo bushya bwo guhanga udushya ntibusezeranya gusa kuba abantu gusa ahubwo byihuta, bihendutse, kandi byizewe kuruta bagenzi babo bashingiye ku nyamaswa. Imico y'utugari Imico y'akagari yabaye igikoresho cy'ingenzi mu bushakashatsi bwa siyansi bugezweho, bufasha abahanga gukura no kwiga ingirabuzimafatizo z'abantu n'inyamaswa hanze y'umubiri. Mubyukuri ubwoko bwose bwingirabuzimafatizo zabantu ninyamaswa, kuva selile zuruhu kugeza neuron na selile yumwijima, birashobora guterwa neza muri laboratoire. Ibi byatumye abashakashatsi bashakisha imikorere yimbere ya selile muburyo butari bushoboka. Imico y'utugari ihingwa mu biryo bya petri cyangwa flasque zuzuye…








