Having been type 1 for 42 years, since I was just a year old, I have seen many 'a cures coming' and been quite disappointed at all the hype new breakthroughs get reported on. I do really think though that with stem cell and the recent findings that a type 1 cure could be on the horizon. It might not be in my lifetime but I really hope it would be in my sons! He's had type 1 from 13 and is now 21. If a cure happened next week (unlikely) it would mean a great deal to me, especially knowing my son would be cured. I have suffered with seriously painful neuropathy and autonomic neuropathy and retinopathy-(now background} since 1997 but started showing in June 1995. 18 years of MST, phenytoin etc.. and trials of near enough every drug supposed to help nerve pain. I was signed off by my pain clinic as I had exhausted the treatments available with no success except for phenytoin and an elephants dose of MST to just make life bearable. A cure would be nice to have but what about the damage caused? It wasn't as though I had neglected my diabetes to rack n ruin, always doing what the Dr's wanted me to do. I have had an hba1c of 6.5 to 6.2 for the last several years but my Consultant wants it at 7 to 7.5 which I have achieved reluctantly. I guess I'm saying yes a cure would mean a lot to me and my son but what about the damage diabetes has caused if your unlucky like myself?