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GM tomato 'may boost health'

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Scientists have developed purple tomatoes which they hope may be able to keep cancer at bay.

A team from the John Innes Centre, Norwich, created the tomatoes by crossing genes with a snapdragon flower.

The resulting fruit are rich in an antioxidant pigment called anthocyanin which is thought to have anti-cancer properties.

Jeremy Cooke reports.

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