新华网报道 :以色列研究人员已成功地将人类胚胎干细胞转化为能制造胰岛素的细胞 ,在研究开发幼年型糖尿病治疗方法上取得了突破。干细胞由受精后数日的人类胚胎萃取。在培养皿中转为大量细胞 ,而这些细胞都具有分泌胰岛素的肾脏细胞的重要特征 ,这种细胞称为胰小岛细胞 ,或是 Xinhua reported: Israeli researchers have successfully transformed human embryonic stem cells into insulin-producing cells in the research and development of juvenile diabetes treatment has made a breakthrough. Stem cells are extracted from human embryos several days after fertilization. In the petri dish, a large number of cells are transformed, and all of these cells have an important characteristic of insulin-secreting kidney cells, which are called pancreatic islet cells or