British scientists produce useful ailment-fighting natural compounds from GM tomatoes
date:Oct 29, 2015
rol is believed to help combat heart disease, cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease.

Researchers, led by Dr Yang Zhang and Dr Eugenio Butelli, have found that one tomato can produce the same quantity of Resveratrol as found in 50 bottles of red wine and Genistein as found in 2.5kg of tofu.

The researchers have been studying the impact of a protein called AtMYB12, which is found in Arabidopsis thaliana, a plant grown in most UK gardens.

The scientists introduced this protein into a tomato p

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