Genetically engineered tomato may prevent cancer
By estherlou
@estherlou (5015)
United States
October 27, 2008 11:25am CST
Wow! Some british scientist genetically engineered a tomato with some of the genes found in cancer-preventing dark berries kept some mice healthy for a longer period of time and prevented cancer. The scientists were all excited, but cautioned it was was too early to try human trials on ingredients in our diet as a means to cure diseases etc.
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE49P2K720081026?feedType=nl&feedName=ushealth1100
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@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
27 Oct 08
That would be neat. I won't hold my breath though.
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@Grandmaof2 (7578)
• Canada
27 Oct 08
Why does it have to be a tomatoe lol. I'm not a big fan of tomatoes. It should be olives or dill pickles. lol
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@redyellowblackdog (10629)
• United States
27 Oct 08
Whatcha bet? Those tomatoes probably taste like broccoli which has already been shown to help prevent cancer!
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
28 Oct 08
It might work and probably does if you live where they do not grow blueberries, raspberries or any dark fruit. The trouble is that they say prevent cancer. What happens if you already have it? I mean when are they going to have something that reversed cancer once you have it? That would be interesting.
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
30 Oct 08
Why can't we just eat the berries? Who knows what the genetically engineered stuff will do after awhile? Besides tomatoes give me gastric reflux and aggrivate my rosacea so have they found a way to cure a tomato of that?
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
28 Oct 08
I saw that story too. I think that if we can develop anything to help the human race survive longer, we should try it out.
