I don’t think it will happen in 5 years, but my wife, my father, an uncle, myself, my grandmother and a number of friends of mine have type II diabetes, and I do think that stem cell research will find a cure. Essentially, with diabetes it’s generally one of two things that’s going on in your body. First scenario is your pancreas is not producing enough insulin or is not producing it at the proper times or intervals after it has been burned out…stem cells seem to have regenerative properties which could restore one’s pancreas to normal operation. Second scenario is that your pancreas is working but your muscles have basically built up a wall (insulin resistance), which keeps the insulin from doing it’s job (opening up the cellular walls to let the glucose out of your blood stream and into your muscles which can convert it to energy). I believe stem cells could fix what is malfunctioning with your muscle tissue, causing insulin resistance to diminish. I also have one friend who is a cancer survivor, and I do think that many forms of cancers can be cured with stem cells, because as I understand it, the cells in your body start to basically freak out and grow out of control, which is what we know as cancer. I think again, stem cells could be used to regenerate the healthy cellular tissue to replace the damaged, diseased tissue. I don’t however think we’re 5 years away…maybe 15 or 20.