skiely wrote:
There are so many advantages to research umbilical cord blood banking. Researchers are continually finding new possibilties of diseases that can be treated. diseases such as Parkinsons, alzheimers, cancer, strokes, and so many more common ones will hopefully one day be treated through stem cells. and the best part is, obtaining them is safe, when taken from the umbilical at birth.

Here's some accurate information about cord blood banking,
rather than exaggerated claims from hucksters and con-artists:

http://www.quackwatch.org/06ResearchProjects/stemcell.html