Thursday, June 25, 2020

Transgenic rice lowers blood pressure of hypertensive rats

In the future, taking your blood pressure medication could be as simple as eating a spoonful of rice. This 'treatment' could also have fewer side effects than current blood pressure medicines. As a first step, researchers have made transgenic rice that contains several anti-hypertensive peptides. When given to hypertensive rats, the rice lowered their blood pressure.

from Health & Medicine News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200624082715.htm

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