food has gone on sale, as a Japanese company has released a mutant tomato packed full of stress-busting vitamins.The 'Sicilian Rouge High GABA' tomato was created using CRISPR, a gene-editing tool that is being used to treat everything from blindness to cancer.The tomatoes have been altered to produce less of a protein that breaks down an amino acid called GABA, which can reduce blood pressure.Eating them could have a positive impact on stress and sleep, as the tomatoes have four to five times the amount of GABA than a normal tomato.
Consumers in Japan are now buying the tomatoes directly from Sanatech Seed, the company that created them.The firm began shipping the tomatoes in mid-September, and says around 4,200 gardeners have also been.
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