Converting String Content To Html

Well, I need some light in this simple thing I'm trying to do. I'm
using the XMLHttpRequest to retrieve some data from a db via php
script. The result is passed to a "results" array of strings, which
contain the data from the script.

But, the data from the script, which are the content of the strings,
have html tags in it. The thing is: I'm using the DOM to append the
string result to a table already built in the page (using
create_element and appendchild).

insertO = document.getElementById("output_table");
oTR = document.createElement('tr');
oTD = document.createElement('td');
oText = document.createTextNode(Text);
oTD.appendChild(oText);
oTR.appendChild(oTD);
insertO.tBodies[0].appendChild(oTR);

The Text var would contain something like "<font color="red">this
<b>is</b> html</font>".

This way the output isn't parsed, i.e., it shows the tags.
Does anyone have an idea on how to overcome this?