Diseases currently treated with stem cell transplants
Currently the Stem Cells from Cord Blood can be Used to Treat Dozens of Diseases and Conditions Including:
- Acute myelogenous leukemia
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Chronic myelogenous leukemia
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Multiple myeloma and other plasma cell disorders
Severe aplastic anemia and other marrow failure states
- Fanconi anemia
- Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)
- Pure red cell aplasia
- Amegakaryocytosis / congenital thrombocytopenia
SCID and other inherited immune system disorders:
- Severe combined immunodeficiency (SClD, all sub-types)
- Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
Hemoglobinopathies, including:
- Beta thalassemia major
- Sickle cell disease
Hurler’s syndrome and other inherited metabolic disorders:
- Hurler’s syndrome (MPS-IH)
- Adrenoleukodystrophy
- Metachromatic leukodystrophy
Myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative disorders:
- Refractory anemia (all types )
- Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
- Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia (myelofibrosis)
Familial erythrophagocytic Iymphohistiocytosis and other histiocytic disorders.
Note: Not all diseases have been specifically treated with cord blood stem cells. (Source: National Marrow Donor Program June 2005)
Research using Cord Blood stem cells is ongoing in the following areas:
- Heart Disease—Human Trials
- Diabetes—Human Trials
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Lupus—Human Trials
- Stroke
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Cerebral Palsy—Human Trials
- Heart Valve Defects
