it was huge night for celtic as they needed a win against rosenborg to stay in the champions league. find out how their third round qualifier went in norway. good evening. there s new hope tonight for thousands of families who live with the prospect of passing on inherited diseases to future generations. for the first time, scientists have successfully repaired a faulty gene in human embryos. they used a process known as gene editing to correct dna that causes a deadly heart condition. but critics are warning that the technique could, ultimately, be used to create so called designer babies. our medical correspondent, fergus walsh reports. the goal could not be more ambitious. to eradicate inherited diseases. these scientists have taken an impressive first step on a long road, editing dna in human embryos. so how is it done? inside the nucleus of each of our cells is our genome, billions of pieces of dna. it is the instruction manual for life. the scientists were targeting a f
it s 8am in singapore and 1am in london. there is new hope for thousands of families who live with the prospect of passing on inherited diseases to future generations. for the first time, scientists in the us, along with experts from china and south korea, have successfully repaired a faulty gene in human embryos. but critics are warning that the technique could, ultimately, be used to create so called designer babies. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. the goal could not be more ambitious: to eradicate inherited diseases. these scientists have taken an impressive first step on a long road, editing dna in human embryos. so how is it done? inside the nucleus of each of ourselves is our genome, billions of pieces of dna. it s the instruction manual for life. the scientists were targeting a faulty gene that causes a serious heart condition. they fertilised a healthy egg with sperm from a man carrying the faulty gene. they then injected the gene editing system known
now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. as kaesler‘s as ka esler‘s latest as kaesler‘s latest earnings shift into high gear we look at china and india leading asia s ambitions for electric cars. tesla s latest. and the dow pushes past 22,000 mark. will the rally extends to asia. kickstand to asia 7 will the rally extends to asia. kickstand to asia? welcome to asia business report. i am sharanjit leyl business report. i am sharanjit leyl. we begin with the auto sector. electric car maker temper tesla just reported revenues of more than $2 billion for the april june quarter, more than doubling. the electric car maker burnt through more than $1 billion in that quarter, ramping up production for its mass market model three, released last week. there are about half a million pre orders for the model three. asia has its own ambitions when it comes to electric cars. china has mandated 8% of all vehicles sold the new energy cars by 2019.
there s new hope for thousands of families who live with the prospect of passing on inherited diseases to future generations. for the first time, scientists have successfully repaired a faulty gene in human embryos. they used a process known as gene editing to correct dna that causes a deadly heart condition. but there is concern that the technique could, ultimately, be used to create so called designer babies . our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. the goal could not be more ambitious: to eradicate inherited diseases. these scientists have taken an impressive first step on a long road, editing dna in human embryos. so how is it done? inside the nucleus of each of ourselves is our genome, billions of pieces of dna. it s the instruction manual for life. the scientists were targeting a faulty gene that causes a serious heart condition. they fertilised a healthy egg with sperm from a man carrying the faulty gene. they then injected the gene editing system known as c
welcome to bbc news. american secretary of statejohn kerry has defended the decision by the obama administration to let the un security council pass a resolution declaring israeli settlements illegal. he said it was aimed at preserving the possibility of a two state solution, which he warned was now in serious jeopardy. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said the speech was biased against israel and focused obsessively on settlements. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports from jerusalem. another bitter row between outgoing and incoming us presidents, this time over israel. donald trump complaining the country is being treated with total disdain and disrespect, but telling it to stay strong until 20th january, when he takes office. it was the idea of tonight s speech by us secretary speech by us secretary of statejohn kerry that angered the president elect. he said chances of peace with the palestinians were slipping away. the truth is that trends on