Genetically modified tomatoes help prevent heart disease

Scientists have cultivated a genetically modified tomato, creating a series of amino acids that help reduce blood clots on mouse arteries.

Genetically modified tomatoes can prevent heart disease

The results of this study were published at the American Heart Association meeting in 2012. Accordingly, GM tomatoes can produce 6F, a small series of vitamins, capable of mimicking ApoA-1's activities, a major protein in high concentration lipoprotein group. They used this chain of amino acids to mice who were unable to remove low-concentration lipoproteins and fed them with a high-fat diet.

The scientists found that dietary mice including GM tomatoes had lower rates of blood infections, antioxidant enzymes that increased the amount of high-concentration lipoproteins, reduced Lysophospatidic acid and less plaque.

'This is the first time we have found a drug that has these properties on a plant that is edible and promotes its effect without extraction , ' said the study's author. Dr. Alan M. Fogelman said.

Reference: Scitechdaily