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08/03/2021

Tomatoes offer affordable source of Parkinson’s disease drug

Scientists have produced a tomato enriched in the Parkinson’s disease drug L-DOPA in what could become…

12/02/2021

Genes have been identified that could be involved in the flavor of tomatoes

According to an INRAE publication published mid-August 2020, “a meta-analysis of the genomes of 775 tomato…

11/02/2021

HARNESSTOM Project: to improve the quality of tomatoes from the seed

HARNESSTOM aims to demonstrate that increasing use of Genetic Resources is key for food safety and…

15/01/2021

Event: UCCE Processing Tomato Production Virtual Meeting

Due to the current meeting restrictions, the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) is organising an…

11/01/2021

Japan: breeders launch genome edited tomato

"We hope that our products will be useful for your health" The end of 2020 saw…

08/01/2021

Benefits of the gene editing technologies

Tweaking carotenoid genes helps tomatoes bring their A-game Researchers led by the University of Tsukuba demonstrated…

17/12/2020

Potential for four EFSA health claims for tomato products

Historic research delivers 4 x EFSA health claims for tomato products and a fifth on its…

20/11/2020

EU: health claims regulation is not working

Health claims are considered at best as “just marketing”, at worst as “scientific jargon” EU health…

15/10/2020

Thrombosis and COVID-19: A potential role for tomatoes

A review article entitled ‘Thrombosis and COVID-19: The Potential Role of Nutrition’ has recently been published…