Around 50,000 Third World children each year go blind because of the lack of Vitamin A in their diet. But the remedy for this has been found by the British scientists.
They have developed a new breed of genetically modified rice, which has a higher content of beta carotene, which in turn is converted into Vitamin A by the body. The rice has almost 20 percent more Vitamin A than compared to the other varities of rice. Read More...