Scientists develop tool to trace metabolism of cancer-fighting tomato compounds

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 16:31 in Health & Medicine

The University of Illinois scientists who linked eating tomatoes with a reduced risk of prostate cancer have developed a tool that will help them trace the metabolism of tomato carotenoids in the human body. And they've secured funding from the National Institutes of Health to do it.

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