日本科学家山中伸弥发明诱导性多能干细胞距今已10年有余。《纽约时报》记者就这项发明的研究进展以及预期的干细胞新疗法采访了山中教授。2001年,美国总统乔治·布什发布了一项行政命令,禁止联邦基金用于人类植入前胚胎发育成干细胞研究。这一禁令使得干细胞研究止步不前,也大大挫伤了科学家的研究热情。5年后,日本京都大学科学家山中伸弥和他的研究生高桥和利设计出一种能“重新编码”任何成熟 Japanese scientists Yamanaka invented induced pluripotent stem cells have more than 10 years ago. The New York Times reporter interviewed Professor Yamanaka about the progress of the invention and the expected new stem cell therapy. In 2001, U.S. President George Bush issued an executive order banning the federal funds from developing human preimplantation embryos into stem cell research. The ban has made stem cell research halting and greatly hurting scientists’ research enthusiasm. Five years later, Japanese Kyoto University scientist Yamanaka Yamano and his graduate student Takahashi and Lee designed a device that could “recode ” any mature