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The first genetically modified tomato becomes available at grocery stores in the U.S.

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Calgene, a company in California, is the first to develop a genetically modified variety of tomato called the "Flavr Savr." Researchers at the company inhibit the gene that produces a protein that makes a tomato get "squishy."