What types of diseases are treated with stem cells?
Today There are more than 70 life-threatening diseases that may be treated by stem cell transplantation. Not all diseases amenable to stem cell transplantation have been treated specifically with cord blood stem cells. Tomorrow The promise of using stem cells in Regenerative Medicine has been the focus of groundbreaking research projects that are showing encouraging results and have the potential to revolutionize the practice of medicine. Most recently, cord blood stem cells have shown promising initial results in reducing disease severity in Type 1 diabetes patients, possibly re-setting the immune system and slowing destruction of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. Cord blood stem cells have also been “triggered” to differentiate into neural cells, which may, one day, hold the promise of treatments for diseases such as Parkinson’s disease. They have also proven their ability to turn into blood vessel cells, which may one day benefit treatments for heart disease, allowing pa
Today There are over 70 life-threatening diseases that may be treated by stem cell transplantation. Not all diseases amenable to stem cell transplantation have been treated specifically with cord blood stem cells. Tomorrow The promise of using stem cells for medical treatments has been the focus of research projects that are showing encouraging results. Cord blood stem cells have been “triggered” to differentiate into neural cells, which may, one day, hold the promise of treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
