, ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁St em ▁Cell ▁Foundation ▁was ▁successful ▁in ▁creating ▁SC NT ▁stem ▁cells ▁derived ▁from ▁adult ▁som atic ▁cells . ▁One ▁of ▁these ▁lines ▁of ▁stem ▁cells ▁was ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁don or ▁cells ▁of ▁a ▁type ▁ 1 ▁di ab etic . ▁The ▁group ▁was ▁then ▁able ▁to ▁successfully ▁culture ▁these ▁stem ▁cells ▁and ▁indu ce ▁different iation . ▁When ▁inject ed ▁into ▁m ice , ▁cells ▁of ▁all ▁three ▁of ▁the ▁germ ▁layers ▁successfully ▁formed . ▁The ▁most ▁significant ▁of ▁these ▁cells , ▁were ▁those ▁who ▁expressed ▁ins ul in ▁and ▁were ▁capable ▁of ▁secre ting ▁the ▁h orm one . ▁These ▁ins ul in ▁producing ▁cells ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁replacement ▁ther apy ▁in ▁di abet ics , ▁demonstr ating ▁real ▁SC NT ▁stem ▁cell ▁th era pe ut ic ▁potential . ▁ ▁The ▁imp et us ▁for ▁SC NT - based ▁stem ▁cell ▁research ▁has ▁been ▁decre ased ▁by ▁the ▁development ▁and ▁improvement ▁of ▁alternative ▁methods ▁of ▁generating ▁stem ▁cells . ▁Method s ▁to ▁re program ▁normal ▁body ▁cells ▁into ▁pl ur ip ot ent ▁stem ▁cells ▁were ▁developed ▁in ▁humans ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁The ▁following ▁year , ▁this ▁method ▁achieved ▁a ▁key ▁goal ▁of ▁SC NT - based ▁stem ▁cell ▁research : ▁the ▁deriv ation ▁of ▁pl ur ip ot ent ▁stem ▁cell ▁lines ▁that ▁have ▁all ▁gen es ▁linked ▁to ▁various ▁dise ases . ▁Some ▁scient ists ▁working ▁on ▁SC NT - based ▁stem ▁cell ▁research ▁have ▁recently ▁moved ▁to