Recent advances in medicine have uncovered that cord blood is rich in stem cells, the same type of cells that create your baby's organs, brain, blood and immune system. Stem cells are the body's building blocks or "master cells". These master cells can develop or differentiate into any type of tissue or organ, including various organs (heart, liver, etc), muscle, blood cells, immune tissue and neural cells (brain, spinal cord).

Stem cells can be used to repair damaged hearts, brains, and spinal cords, heal injury from strokes and heart attacks and minimize and/or potenitally cure diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's and diabetes. Stem cells collected from your baby's umbilical cord after birth can protect not only your child, but siblings, parents, grandparents and other members of your extended family.