date:Mar 20, 2013
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), have developed genetically engineered tomatoes that can produce a peptide that mimics the actions of good cholesterol when consumed.
The tomatoes were genetically engineered to produce 6F, a small peptide that mimics the action of apoA-1, the chief protein in high-density lipoprotein.
The study, which is published in the Journal of Lipid Research, found that the mice that were fed these tomatoes in freeze-dried, ground form had l