Transgenics reshape life with plant gene tweaking
Vancouver Sun reports on University of British Columbia genetic engineer Joan McPherson and a consortium of researchers who insert genes from one species into another. Field trials expand from 1988 with tobacco, canola, and potato plants containing foreign genes moving toward commercial use.
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Margaret Munro
VaNcouver Sun
Vancouver
University of B.C
Joan McPherson
McPherson
Canada
Agriculture Canada
B.C
New Brunswick
Ontario
Petunias
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Agrobacterium Tumefaciens
Biotech gene manager advances crops and raises safeguards
The federal government concedes gaps in safeguards as McPherson and Rob Kay advance a gene manager that boosts gene expression in tobacco potato and canola. Lab work includes anti freeze genes and heavy metal uptake with future field tests and broader regulatory questions. Environment Canada hints at a national framework within five years.
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McPherson
Rob Kay
Canada
U.S
Saskatchewan
Bernie Glick
University of Waterloo
Wally Zuk
Environ
President Mitterrand’s fading popularity in France
The 73 year old French president faces a 39 percent approval rating as supporters fear a credibility damage to his agenda. Analysts note he seeks to curb German influence in Europe amid post Berlin Wall unification concerns and a resilient economy.
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Peter Benesh
Southam News
Marseilles
France
Francois Mitterrand
Mitterrand
Berlin Wall
Becom
Mitterrand under pressure as France shifts in Europe
The piece portrays François Mitterrand facing decline as France loses influence to Germany and Helmut Kohl. It cites rising immigration tensions, Le Pen's rhetoric, and domestic strife over secularism and racism laws. Critics doubt the Franco German alliance's durability amid internal moral concerns.
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Margaret Thatcher
Kohl
Mitterrand
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Jean-Marie le Pen
National Front
Pierre Mauroy
Danielle
National Assembly
Franz- Olivier Giesbert
The President Mitterrand, a Machiavellian Manipulator
Biographer Giesbert portrays Francois Mitterrand as a Machiavellian manipulator. His first term embraced leftist nationalizations while his reelection saw a swing to Reaganomics. Workers feel prosperity has cost jobs as unemployment nears ten percent amid a scandal over amnesty for campaign donors. With five years left he faces rising German influence racism and economic strain.
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Mitterrand
Giesbert
Socialist Party
France
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