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Presentan superyuca que podría contribuir a combatir problemas de desnutrición

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Los Investigadores de la Universidad de Ohio lograron, con la introducción de genes, aumentar la producción de una forma de vitamina E y de betacaroteno (o provitamina A) en esta planta.

La 'superyuca' fue presentada durante la conferencia de la Sociedad Estadounidense de Biología Vegetal.

Se calcula que entre 140 millones y 250 millones de niños menores de 5 años tienen deficiencias en el consumo de vitamina A, lo que les afecta su sistema inmunológico y el sentido de la vista.

Con esta nueva variedad de 'superyuca', los científicos estiman que, con una sola comida de yuca al día, un niño adquiere los nutrientes que necesita diariamente. La yuca sirve de alimento a 800 millones de personas en el mundo.

El producto será empleado a partir del 2010, en dos países de Africa Subsahariana, según informa la BBC.

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By huskie on Jul 2, 2008, 03:10 in Friendly Talkzone.

huskie says on Jul 2, 2008, 03:11:

BMP

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds-"

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jul 2, 2008, 04:01:

Our farm produced a nice variety of yuca, it is softer than the ones sold in supermarket and bigger
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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jul 2, 2008, 04:03:

i Love yuca con suero uhmmm

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jul 2, 2008, 11:08:

but it fill you up and with a piece of costeño cheese and suero uhmmmm who cares about calories :))0

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sanandressi says on Jul 2, 2008, 11:25:

My wife's neices were suffering from malnutrition when I met them about 4 years ago. The just did not get enough to eat period. Quantity! A rotten family situation too say the least without goinng into details. Lots of uncles and cousins around and nobody could see they were not eating?

Poor boys on a cart with a mule pull cardboard out of the garbage bins 150 metres from the entrance to the US Embassy where billions for Plan Colombia is doled out. Helicopters, guns, etc and the FARC takes in millions from drugs and kids are not eating properly?

What a world....

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