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Friday, January 11, 2008

Breaking: Calcium Rich Carrots for Better Bones in Young and Old

Filed under: Medgadget Exclusive


Texas scientists have developed calcium rich carrots that have shown clinically significant calcium absorption in volunteers in a small study, Medgadget has learned. The vegetable is designed to express a plant Ca2+/H+ transporter gene that allows the plant to accumulate up to two-fold higher calcium content than a regular carrot.

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UPDATE: The full story is here...

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Genetically altered food to enhance therapeutic effects is the future. The question is if the genetically altered food will be more acceptable than pills to the health nuts?


Posted by: SSS
on January 12, 2008 07:40 PM GMT

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