The work 'represents a very significant advance for improving nutrition through biofortification of vegetables such as ...

Scientists have genetically engineered a special 'golden lettuce' that provides significantly higher amounts of vitamin A, a ...

has now genetically engineered the humble lettuce to boost its nutrients. Specifically, they increased the levels of an antioxidant called beta-carotene, which your body uses to make vitamin A ...

An estimated 250,000-500,000 children who are vitamin A-deficient become blind every year, and half of them die within 12 months of losing their sight. Lettuce, one of the least attractive leafy ...

Lettuce is low in calories, high in water, and provides nutrients like folate, potassium, and vitamins A, C, and K, but can lettuce water help you sleep? Drinking lettuce water to combat not being ...

Lettuce has a reputation for being just crunchy water, but it’s actually an excellent source of vitamins and minerals. Scientists have recently found a way to add to the leafy vegetable's ...

In particular, vitamin A deficiency causes xerophthalmia ... inside tobacco plants and lettuce. It worked, the researchers added, as these lipoprotein particles do not "participate in ...

Scientists have genetically engineered this lettuce to be rich in vitamin A. Vitamin A is added to the lettuce through a process called biofortification, which involves increasing the nutrient density ...

in Spain has succeeded in creating a 'golden lettuce' with a significantly increased content of beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A related to eye and skin health. Boosting pro‐vitamin A ...

including vitamin A. Using tobacco plants (Nicotiana benthamiana) as a laboratory model and lettuce (Lactuca sativa) as a cultivation model, the team led by Manuel Rodríguez Concepción ...

Using biotechnology and light treatments, a research team has successfully increased beta-carotene levels in plant leaves ...

Vitamin C is a very popular nutrient, often associated with citrus food items. Also known as ascorbic acid, it is necessary ...