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Offline Dexter

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Will GM Tomatoes be Used to Fight Diseases in the Future?
« on: October 27, 2015, 12:23:48 pm »
http://www.thelatestnews.com/will-gm-tomatoes-be-used-to-fight-diseases-in-the-future/

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Scientists at the John Innes Centre have developed a new strain of genetically modified tomato that is able to efficiently produce industrial volumes of natural disease-fighting compounds such as Resveratrol and Genistein. This process could also be used to grow other natural chemicals in tomatoes.
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Re: Will GM Tomatoes be Used to Fight Diseases in the Future?
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2015, 12:36:34 pm »

I eat a ton of tomatoes. This sounds promising.