In a message dated 1/21/2004 11:02:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: umbilical cord blood stem cells are considered to be a type of hematopoietic (blood forming) stem cell. *** Every time I think of my children's umbilical cords going into the trash, I want to cry. Of course when they were born, 15 and 9 years ago, I don't think I was aware of cord cell research. If I had known, I would have tried to have them cryogenically preserved... Carrie, "Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn