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Gene-edited tomatoes could provide new source of vitamin D

Plants rich in a precursor to the vitamin could help to address deficiencies — but face a long road to market.
  1. Heidi Ledford
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Gene-edited tomato plants that produce a precursor to vitamin D could one day provide an animal-free source of the crucial nutrient.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01443-2

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  • Correction 24 May 2022: An earlier version of this article misstated the name of the John Innes Centre. The text has now been corrected.

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  1. Li, J. et al. Nature Plants https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01154-6 (2022).

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