Plenty of people do read the story inside the newspspers.

Some news reports say that the biggest problem now is that there is a shortage of the insulin cells to implant in people. With stem cell research, they would be able to manufacture more of that person's insulin cells to make insulin for their use. The body might still kill them off after a while, but with the ability to create plenty of insulin making cells that are identical to the person's own cells, there will be plenty more cells that can be injected again, so the person with diabetes can get a refill of the cells when they are needed thereby letting the body again control the bloodsugar.

With stem cell research there will be plenty of each diabetic's own insulin cells to inject, over and over as the body kills them off. After each implantation, they will go back to making theor own insulin.

Mind you, this is if the researchers don't find a good way to stop or slow the body from rejecting the cells -- a problem they are working on too.