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>World's first genome-edited tomato

日本产品研发出降血压番茄

Sicilian Rouge High GABA is a special type of tomato designed to contain high levels of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), an amino acid believed to aid relaxation and help lower blood pressure. "

高伽马氨基丁酸西西里胭粉"是一种独特的番茄，它带有很多的伽马氨基丁酸，据悉，这类碳水化合物可以令人释放压力，并有利于减少血压值。

Tokyo-based startup Sanatech Seed Co teamed up with scientists at the University of Tsukuba to develop a new variety of tomato using CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology.

总公司在日本东京的初创公司Sanatech Seed和筑波大学的生物学家用CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑技术协同产品研发出了这类新式番茄。

This new type of tomato contains five to six times the normal level of a type of amino acid called gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA.

这类新式番茄含有的伽马氨基丁酸水准是一般番茄的五到六倍。

Unlike genetically modified foods, genome-edited plant varieties are considered just as safe as varieties improved using conventional methods because no outside gene is introduced during the process.

和转基因食品不一样，基因编辑技术绿色植物被觉得和用传统式方式改进的优良品种一样安全性，由于在基因编辑技术全过程中沒有添加外界遗传基因。

Sanatech Seed has already started accepting online orders for Sicilian Rouge High GABA tomatoes.

Sanatech Seed企业早已逐渐接受购买"高伽马氨基丁酸西西里胭粉"番茄的网上订单信息。

A 3-kilogram box of tomatoes will reportedly cost 7,500 yen.

据悉，一箱三kg重的西红柿价格为7500日元(折合RMB438元)。

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>What your diet means for your hairline

高脂饮食搭配会加快掉发

A new study from researchers at the Toyko Medical and Dental University in Japan has now found having a fat-heavy diet can accelerate hair loss.

日本日本东京医科大学口腔牙科高校科学研究工作人员的一项新研究发现，高脂饮食搭配会加快掉发。

In the study carried out by TMDU's department of stem cell biology, mice that had been given a high-fat diet were more susceptible to inflammatory responses in the body which, in turn, blocked follicle regeneration, leading to hair loss.

在日本东京医科大学口腔牙科高校干细胞美容生物学系进行的科学研究中，高脂肪饮食搭配饲养的小白鼠更易于遭受身体内炎症现象的危害，而炎症现象会阻拦头发毛囊再造，造成掉毛。