Parkinson's and spinal cord injuries are not autoimmune diseases. There as been no conrcete evidence or speculation that stem cells will cure T1DM - all that can be done at this point (re stem cells) is replace the islet cells....that will again be destroyed by the very autoimmune response that destroyed them in the first place.

Remember - the only benefit stem cells have over transplanted cells is that they are not identified as "foreign" and therefore are not subject to "normal" immune responses - but islet cells are destroyed because they are ABnormally "perceived" as foreign tissue, and the only way, as of now, to STOP that response is to destroy or suppress the immune system. Once you've done that, there's no longer any reason to even utilize stem cells.

People who actually follow the research (as opposed to just reading the headlines) do not feel that stem cells are the answer to T1DM at ALL.