Scientists at the John Innes Centre have developed a new strain of genetically modified tomatoes that are 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. Resveratrol is a member of the phenylpropanoids; an antioxidant found in grapes (when processed also in
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