http://diabetes.ufl.edu/2009/07/24/stored-cord-blood-may-help-children-fight-diabetes/
I found this site from a newsletter from the company that stores my son's cord blood. What I found interesting from it is this quote:
“We know that no one thing is going to reverse diabetes,” Haller said. “It will be like AIDS or cancer; patients did not start getting better until a combination of drugs were administered. The same will most likely be true with diabetes. We think it will require a combination of treatments, and maybe one day it will have to do with these regulatory cells.”
What do you think that means? Like, they'd have to implant stem cells AND reverse the auto-immune response? It sounded depressing b/c it would mean that one research project couldn't find a cure. :-s