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Title: New foods for thought

Author
item HIRSCHI, KENDAL - Children'S Nutrition Research Center (CNRC)

Submitted to: Trends in Plant Science
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 12/15/2011
Publication Date: 3/1/2012
Citation: Hirschi, K.D. 2012. New foods for thought. Trends in Plant Science. 17(3):123-125.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Recent findings show that genetic material in plant foods may survive digestion, circulate through our bodies, and modulate our gene expression. These findings could alter our understanding of nutrition and genetic regulation, and open up new vistas for engineering foods.