It's too bad...

...stem cell research is all, like, evil and stuff...it sure does seem to hold the most potential for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and now diabetes...but whaddo I know...

Stem cells taken from the umbilical cords of newborns can be engineered to produce insulin and may someday be used to treat diabetes, U.S. and British researchers reported on Friday.

They said they were able to first grow large numbers of the stem cells and then direct them to resemble the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas that are damaged in diabetes.

“This discovery tells us that we have the potential to produce insulin from adult stem cells to help people with diabetes,” said Dr. Randall Urban of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, who directed the study.

Snowflake babies! SNOWFLAKE BABIES!!!! MICHAEL J. FOX WAS FAKING IT!!!!!!