Health
GM tomatoes could offer source of essential medication – E&T Magazine
Scientists from the John Innes Centre in Norwich have engineered a tomato enriched in the Parkinson’s disease drug L-DOPA, potentially rendering one of the world’s…
Scientists from the John Innes Centre in Norwich have engineered a tomato enriched in the Parkinsons disease drug L-DOPA, potentially rendering one of the worlds most essential medications more accessible and affordable.
The researchers selected the tomato, due to it being a widely cultivated crop which could potentially offer a standardised and controlled source of L-DOPA.
L-DOPA is an amino acid precursor of dopamine. As a drug (Levodopa), it is is used to treat Parkinsons disease and some other…
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