ClinicalTrials*dot*gov is recruiting for diabetes studies using your own stem cells. 85% of subjects so far are off insulin. Don't hold your breath for reparative therapies using embryonic.  Tumor formation, rejection, and inability to create beta-cells or respond properly to sugar levels make embryonic unlikely to help.  BTW: CLINTON & OBAMA voted AGAINST S.30, which would have EXPANDed federal FUNDING for hES research.