ASCA has some encouraging stories up:

First find out about two diabetic brothers whose hope for a cure does not include treatments that may someday result from research using human embryos, and a Michigan woman who has had successful stem cell treatments for her spinal cord injury.

Also, bone marrow transplants may be able to treat those with the painful genetic skin disease called epidermolysis bullosa (EB).

Previous posts:
Last May I posted on Jeni Rummelt, the Michigan woman who was treated for her spinal cord injury with her own stem cells.