blog postsIllinois' purple corn packs a (healthy) punchApr 25, 2019 1:45 pm by Live B1G | The Big Ten NetworkIllinois in the NewsShare on FacebookTweetEmailImagesBTN liveB1G (April 22) Illinois researchers led a team that created new hybrid varietals of purple corn that have been shown to fight inflammation, obesity and diabetes in clinical trials using mice.Share on FacebookTweetEmail