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Scientists in Nottingham have created the formula for super mutant tomatoes that can last weeks longer on supermarket shelves.Their findings claim to have found a genetically modified way to stop tomatoes going soft but still ripening – which they have hailed as a "major breakthrough".But critics have warned of the "problems" that come with GM crops.Graham Seymour, a professor of Plant Biotechnology at the University of Nottingham, said: "To support the tomato...