Genetically Modified Purple Tomato Reducing the Impact of Chronic Deseases

Over the years, the scientists explored a number of uses for this purple tomato. They initially have focused on producing an anthocyanin- rich tomato juice to test for patients with cancer or cardiovascular disease. So, they tested the tomato on mice to see whether it would affect the possibility of their developing cancer. According to the result, the mice fed on a diet based on purple tomatoes lived 30% longer than the mice fed a regular diet.

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