umbilical cord blood cells ARE adult stem cells, as opposed to embryonic stem cells which are used after conception and where the embryo/human being dies after the cells are used.
Didn't the Bush Admin propose an umbilical stem cell bank with about 160,000 different lines? That would cover people that typically have problems with the kinds of therapies based out of them, minorities and people with rare blood types an circumstances.
DK
Thanks for clearing that up for me.