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Prevent Cancer - Eat More Purple Tomatoes!

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Researchers have noted that feeding purple tomatoes to laboratory mice which had a genetic defect predisposing them to a higher chance of cancer actually prolonged their lifespan.
This findings were published in Nature Biotechnology.
The modified tomatoes were created by introducing 2 genes (Delila and Rosea1) from the snapdragon flower into the tomato plant.  The two genes [...]

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Tags: cancer · health · science

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