The modification could offer a new way to address vitamin D deficiency, a “global health problem” that affects about 1 billion people around the planet, they noted. The gene-edited tomatoes could also ...

Gene-edited tomato plants that produce a precursor to vitamin D could one day provide an animal-free source of the crucial nutrient. An estimated one billion people don’t have enough vitamin D ...

“Gene-editing tomatoes to accumulate provitamin D3 at ... unripe fruits to supplement manufacturers for processing into vitamin D tablets, said Martin.

According to CNN, a team of scientists have created a gene-edited tomato using CRISPR-Cas9 technology to fill the fruit with vitamin D. The team decided to infuse tomatoes with this vitamin to ...

With so many people spending the brightest hours of the day working indoors, vitamin D deficiencies are widespread and on the rise. The study, published in Nature Plants, found that by gene-editing ...

The modification could offer a new way to address vitamin D deficiency, a “global health problem” that affects about 1 billion people around the planet, they noted. The gene-edited tomatoes ...

Gene-edited tomatoes could be a new source of vitamin D and help to reduce deficiency across the world, a new study suggests. Researchers found that the salad favourite can be engineered to ...

Gene-edited tomatoes could be a new source of vitamin D and help to reduce deficiency across the world, a new study suggests. Researchers found that the salad favourite can be engineered to produce ...