researchers at edinburgh university have grown human eggs in a laboratory for the first time. preserving women's fertility. here's our health and science correspondent, james gallagher. in laboratories in edinburgh, scientists have grown human eggs. they've taken immature eggs women are born with and transformed them so they are ready to be fertilised. it's taken decades of work to copy what happens inside women's ovaries. we never imagined that we would be getting these kind of results using human tissue. so it's a significant step, but, of course, the main objective for us is to improve and to determine the safety of these techniques, so that they could, in the future, go into some kind of application. it could be used to help young girls with cancer, as treatment can damage their fertility. so how might it work? a girl diagnosed with cancer would have a sample of her ovary frozen before cancer treatment. then later, as an adult, the tissue would be defrosted, an egg grown, fertilised, and then put in the womb. there may even be other applications in fertility treatment, but

i is a remarkable find, all credit to edinburgh university. it amazing progress.his technology, and of the research that has gone into it. i am pleased we live in a country where the scientists are allowed to get on with this. it is the fact it is british universities doing this work as well. thank you. a range of stories there to cover. a range of stories there to cover. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week, at bbc.co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme, any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. dumbarton good evening. north and south seem to be taking turns to see who is the frostiest. last night was the turn of southern area, england, minus six in shoreham. northern ireland three degree, tonight we switch round with a frost to the north. much milder the further souse south you r bring about that change producing rain in northern and western england, that will push eastwards. strong and gusty winds touching gale force, in

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researchers at edinburgh university have grown human eggs in a laboratory for the first time. here's our health and science correspondent, james gallagher. in laboratories in edinburgh, scientists have grown human eggs. they've taken immature eggs that women are born with and transformed them so they are ready to be fertilised. it's taken decades of work to copy what happens inside women's ovaries. we never imagined that we would be getting these kind of results using human tissue. so it's a significant step, but, of course, the main objective for us is to improve and determine the safety of these techniques, so that they could, in the future, go into some kind of application. it could be used for young girls with cancer, as treatment can damage their fertility. so how might it work? a girl diagnosed with cancer would have a sample of her ovary frozen before cancer treatment, then later, as an adult, the tissue would be defrosted, an egg grown, fertilised, and then put in the womb. there may even be other applications in fertility treatment. this treatment is at an early stage

it is still uncertain how viable they are. joining me now from edinburgh is professor evelyn telfer, the lead researcher at the university we have never been able to get the immature eggs all the way through to the mature stage. other people have done small pa rt stage. other people have done small part of it in terms of the whole process , part of it in terms of the whole process, and what we've been able to do is put it all together, and so, it isa do is put it all together, and so, it is a significant breakthrough, but worcester have a lots of work to do in terms of proving the process, —— we still have a lot of work to do in terms of proving the process and checking the help of the egg that we grow. just talk to us than about the indications of this. visit, we hear what you say about you got a long way to go, but ultimately, what will this mean for women and bertolucci? well, there are many implications. the system by itself allows us to study the process of egg development. we are getting in insight into what regulates human 999 insight into what regulates human egg development, and we will understand it more and we

researchers at edinburgh university have grown human eggs in the laboratory for the first time. eggs develop, much of which remains a mystery to science. the hope is these findings could lead to new ways of preserving women's fertility. uber has settled its legal battle with the self—driving car company waymo. the dispute was over allegations that the ride—hailing app stole trade secrets about waymo's self—driving technology. as part of the settlement, uber has agreed to give waymo shares in its firm worth about $245 million. however, it could have been a lot worse as the bbc‘s dave lee explains. we were talking in the region of more than $1 billion if the jury ruled all these are trade secrets had been stolen and use. the crucial pa rt had been stolen and use. the crucial part is using them and is what waymo was trying to prove. there is a suggested the reason these two companies have come beneficial. 0n uber‘s site, they can put this behind them and move on and not have to worry about this case airing any more dirty laundry and on waymo mahmoud abbas side, they get an increase

researchers at edinburgh university have grown human eggs in a laboratory for the first time.ty to explore how human eggs develop, much of which remains a mystery for science. the findings may lead to a new way to preserve women's fertility. the eiffel tower in paris has been shut for the second time this week because of snow and black ice. the french capital is covered in a heavy blanket of snow that has brought some parts of the transport system to a halt. but not everyone is complaining. here's our correspondent, hugh schofield. for the second time this week, snowy weather has blown into paris from the west, setting off to good effect for tourists, some of the most popular landmarks. the city was just getting over the previous heavy fall on tuesday. that caused some disruption to transport on road and rail. parks were shut as freezing temperatures overnight turned slush to ice. i love it. i'm used to coming to paris when it is sunny. i have never been here in the snow before. as a tourist i don't like it because lots of things are closed but it is beautiful. you cannot not

researchers at edinburgh university have grown human eggs in the laboratory for the first time.o explore how human eggs develop, much of which remains a mystery to science. the hope is these findings could lead to new ways of preserving women's fertility. and an asteroid up to 40 metres wide, which was only discovered five days ago, has skimmed past earth at a distance of, while the threat is relatively close in astronomical terms, it is nowhere near enough to bea terms, it is nowhere near enough to be a threat, according to nasa. the british foreign secretary boris johnson has arrived in bangladesh, to investigate the plight of rohingya muslim refugees from myanmar. after a meeting with the bangladesh prime minister, sheikh hasina, mrjohnson said he'd discussed all issues of cooperation to try to help the rohingyas. he also said he would raise the plight of the refugees with aung san suu kyi on a visit to myanmar, after he's visited a refugee camp on the bangladesh—burma border near cox's bazar, as well as northern rakhine. what we all want to see is safe, dignified and secure

researchers at edinburgh university have grown human eggs in the laboratory for the first time.elop, much of which remains a mystery to science. the hope is these findings could lead to new ways of preserving women's fertility. it attracts 1.5 million tourists every year and is arguably the world's biggest street party. rio de janerio's annual carnival has officially started, but it's feared funding cuts could take the shine off brazil's famous festival. the mayor says the cuts are because of a financial crisis. but critics say the evangelical mayor disapproves of the raucous annualfestival, which is rooted in catholic culture. sarah corker reports. rio carnival means costumes... music... and movers. thousands of people poured into the city's famous samba district to see the colourful performers and dancers. earlier the first of many street parties got under way. "carnival is happiness, pure love", this man said. and continuing with tradition, the five—day festival officially started when the man handed over the keys of the city to the fictional king of misrule. at the city's ev

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struggle focused attention on nursing provision for the condition of the un macdonald sent to the edinburgh university named after the long term stuff of the pioneers stem cell research into the disease have a right no the disease is both progressive and incurable and therefore when someone in the public eye opens up as a victim of m. and d. it generates sympathy and support one such person is dirty we're one of the most famous and best loved figures in international rugby he decided last year to go public about his condition i interviewed about muddy fields stadium the home of scottish rugby and seeding of some of his greatest games as a player. but the day we as women here that money feel this must bring back a few memories does your very much yet it seems such a long time ago now and is a long time ago since i was involved a player on the pitch and it's moved office in a new pitch now it's looking out splendid sixty one caps sixty one caps will scotland well yeah very fortunate yeah when those maybe elsewhere they were really high as high so yes exactly that's ok you say now very lucky to the ninet

i'm joined by drjung woo lee, lecturer in sport and leisure policy at the university of edinburgh.h as that, as much as the sport, we are discussing relations between north and south korea. this in itself is really striking, isn't it? the 0lympic really striking, isn't it? the olympic games is important because north and south korea have restored the bilateral diplomatic channels for the olympics. in that sense, the winter olympics functioned as a contact point for the two sides. it is important we have bisla sensitive 0lympic issue first before negotiating the more serious political issues to break the ice and build mutual trust. in that respect, the fact that they marched together at the opening ceremony and also organised the unified ice hockey team for the first time in history, it is development for the korean peninsula. did you expect to see the handshake we have seen, as well as the two teams coming together in the stadium. did you ever think we would reach this point or is it something that has been potentially building for a while? this event was totally unexpected. even t

scientists from edinburgh university removed egg cells from ovary tissue at their earliest stage of developments of preserving women's fertility. james gallagher explains. in laboratories in edinburgh, scientists have grown human eggs. they've taken the immature eggs women are born with and transformed them so they're ready to be fertilised. it's taken decades of work to copy what happens inside women's ovaries. we never imagined that we would be getting these kind of results using human tissue, so it's a significant step. but of course, the main objective for us is to prove and to determine the safety of these techniques, so that they could, in the future, go into some kind of application. it could be used to help young girls with cancer as treatment can damage their fertility. so how might it work? a girl diagnosed with cancer would have a sample of her ovaries frozen before cancer treatment. then later, as an adult, the tissue would be defrosted, and egg grown, fertilised and then put in the womb. there may even be other applications in fertility treatment, but only 10% of eggs completed the

we can speak now to dr youngmi kim, lecturer in asian studies at edinburgh university and patrick winnopaganda machine? from a very young age, the machine will identify girls as young as eight or nine and indoctrinate them into the propaganda machine. throughout their teenage years they will spend hours training to play instruments, to exult the regime through song, and some are steered into a cheerleading wing, and that is what you're seeing in south korea. and dr youngmi kim, in terms of the key diplomatic moves being made by the north koreans at the games, they are all being made by women. why? can you hear me? i can now. sorry, we keep forgetting to turn up your microphone, but we have done it now, thank you.|j turn up your microphone, but we have done it now, thank you. i think this way, they mitigate the tension. it has increased so far in the past few months between the us and north korea. they have been discussing who has the bigger button on their desk. but by sending this cheerleading team, it shows that there is a human being living in north korea, have a similar lifestyle.

who is a senior research fellow at the global policy institute and in edinburgh scotland michael keating professor at the university of aberdeen and director of the center for constitutional change welcome to you both thank you so much for being on inside story. if i can start with you the corsica issue had been quiet for some time now in the french political scene why we seeing this renewed push for tommy now in this renewed push for special satis now. well it's been quiet for quite a wide yes it's as pacified in the last three years since two thousand and fourteen when the corsican liberation movement which really started in the mid seventy's so forty years before decided to give up the armed struggle and to come out of country can distant tea and to start playing their normal political game as a result of that they were elected in two thousand and fifteen to the original count so are there more again that the mist and independent movement who joined forces war and fifty six percent of the vote in the december election for the regime or a some are not to have a large majority in the national assembly they are rea

nine lecturers are taking part in the strike, two universities, edinburgh and stirling, are taking action agreement, week can ta ke is part of the agreement, week can take that well earned retirement and then plan for it and enjoy that retirement, having worked hard in higher education over the years. sally, there was a time when a strike by lecturers would have brought student parties around the country. things have changed, the stu d e nts country. things have changed, the students say, we want some of our tuition fees back, is that different north of the border because they don't pay tuition fees in terms of how they are supporting this action? it's an interesting question but it is hard to say whether the fact that scottish diddums don't pay tuition fees affects this. they still have to find considerable living costs of course. we spoke to dozens of students today. we found a great deal of support for lecturers, although it wasn't universal and there was ambivalence and some students were definitely worried about the impact on their studies. sally, thank you very much. and jenin. to s