What Diseases Can Be Treated Using Cord Blood and Stem Cells?
Diseases and genetic disorders currently treated with cord blood stem cells include: anemia, aplasia, sickle cell disease, hemophagocytosis, chronic granulomatous disease, congenital neutropenia, leukocyte adhesion deficiency, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, X-linked lymphoproliferative disorder, Krabbe cisease, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, Wolman disease, leukemia (some types), Lymphoma (some types, both Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s) , multiple myeloma, Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia, cartilage-hair hypoplasia, congenital erythropoietic porphyria (Gunther disease), DiGeorge syndrome, osteopetrosis A great deal of stem cell research is also under way, suggesting cord blood cells may help treat even more diseases in the future. Some serious disorders not listed above, including cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy, have been treated with cord blood stem cells with positive results. However, the medical community is still verifying whether the patients’ improvement can be directly attributed to stem
