Diabetes Facts

Then the cord blood of a child being used to cure or treat diabetes type 1 in infants of mothers of?

My wife has type 1 diabetes. We are expecting our first child and have heard many wonderous medical miracle of cord blood. But cord blood can be used by my wife to treat (or even cure), his type 1 diabetes?

This is NOT one of the "miracles" of cord blood. There are promising research using stem cells to treat diabetes type 1, but work is still in its infancy, today, diabetes been cured with stem cells in a laboratory a few rats. [Adult stem cells have been used, rather than embryonic stem cells] It This is a long journey from laboratory rats to humans! If it proves effective in humans, testing, clinical trials, and approval FDA for the treatment is still 20-30 years away.