http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2001/03/17/umbilical-cords.aspxBy Daniel Q. Haney, AP Medical Editor Umbilical cord blood, often discarded after birth, may offer a vast new source of repair material for fixing brains damaged by strokes and other ills, free of the ethical concerns surrounding the use of fetal tissueenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)