Scientists develop cancer fighting tomato

[sixmile]

"A purple tomato genetically engineered to contain nutrients more commonly seen in dark berries helped prevent cancer in mice, British researchers said on Sunday.
The finding, published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, bolsters the idea that plants can be genetically modified to make people healthier.
Cancer-prone mice fed the modified fruit lived significantly longer than animals fed a standard diet with and without regular tomatoes, Cathie Martin and colleagues at the government-funded John Innes Center in Britain reported."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_cancer_tomatoes;_ylt=AqY0.qa8X.fBqdsEgbbLN4Ws0NUE

[Xipe Totec]

1. Now if we can just cross-breed it with the tomaco

we can make a crop that's addictive, and good for you!

[sixmile]

2. THAT would be ironic

Smoking to cure cancer

[Xipe Totec]

4. You don't smoke tomacco

you eat it

it tastes awuful, but you can't stop yourself from eating it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomacco

[sixmile]

6. Right. Sorry.

Just need to get to the nuclear power plant for a little tasty plutonium.

[Dorian Gray]

10. Mmmm... Tomacco

It taste's like grandma!

[kickysnana]

3. I perfer the cancer fighting beer in the previous message. n/t

[matt819]

5. Here's what I want to know

Why were the scientists fighting the tomatoes, and why did they develop cancer while doing so?

[sixmile]

7. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

Maybe they went crazy from forced irradiation...

[dgibby]

8. I don't know, but I think it'd be easier to just feed the little suckers berries in the first place!

[Celebration]

9. yeah

But you can't make ketchup from berries. This is probably for the fries and ketchup crowd.