Mine was actually 18 mo old when diagnosed. He does'nt remember NOT having diabetes. I read the articles linked by Coleus,I did'nt know JDRF was so singularly focused on ESC research.
We stopped supporting them way back when so much of their funding was about prevention/vaccines, etc. Not exactly the work for a cure that they advertise themselves as funding. It was interesting that year to see what they actually did fund, and the clear majority of it was about prevention.
To quote a lady I met at a diabetes conference: "Don't let the fetal stem cell folks fool you: those things act just like cancer."
The JDRF are good folks.