Diseases treated with cord blood and stem cells

Diseases treated with cord blood and stem cells

A list of 97 diseases which have been treated with cord blood or stem cells.

By the YeahBaby.com editorial staff

Diseases treated with cord blood and stem cells

YeahBaby.com has compiled this list of diseases treated with stem cells and other stem cell applications. Many of these diseases have been treated with cord blood stem cells. Think of this list as 97 reasons why you should bank your baby’s cord blood.

Acute and Chronic Leukemias
Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
Juvenile Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (JCML)
Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)

Autoimmune Diseases
Multiple Sclerosis (experimental)
Rheumatoid Arthritis (experimental)
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (experimental)
Emerging Stem Cell Applications
Alzheimer's Disease
Diabetes
Heart Disease
Liver Disease
Muscular Dystrophy
Parkinson's Disease
Spinal Cord Injury
Stroke

Congenital (Inherited) Immune System Disorders
Absence of T and B Cells SCID
Absence of T Cells, Normal B Cell SCID
Ataxia-Telangiectasia
Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome
Common Variable Immunodeficiency
DiGeorge Syndrome
Kostmann Syndrome
Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency
Omenn's Syndrome
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)
SCID with Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Disorder

Histiocytic Disorders
Familial Erythrophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
Hemophagocytosis
Histiocytosis-X
Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis

Inherited Erythrocyte Abnormalities
Beta Thalassemia Major
Blackfan-Diamond Anemia
Pure Red Cell Aplasia
Sickle Cell Disease

Inherited Platelet Abnormalities
Amegakaryocytosis / Congenital Thrombocytopenia

Liposomal Storage Diseases
Adrenoleukodystrophy
Alpha Mannosidosis
Gaucher's Disease
Hunter's Syndrome (MPS-II)
Hurler's Syndrome (MPS-IH)
Krabbe Disease
Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome (MPS-VI)
Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
Morquio Syndrome (MPS-IV)
Mucolipidosis II (I-cell Disease)
Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS)
Niemann-Pick Disease
Sanfilippo Syndrome (MPS-III)
Scheie Syndrome (MPS-IS)
Sly Syndrome, Beta-Glucuronidase Deficiency (MPS-VII)
Wolman Diseasee

Miscellaneous Inherited Disorders
Cartilage-Hair Hypoplasia
Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria
Glanzmann Thrombasthenia
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
Osteopetrosis
Sandhoff Disease

Miscellaneous Malignancies
Brain Tumors
Ewing Sarcoma
Neuroblastoma
Ovarian Cancer
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Testicular Cancer

Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Amyloidosis
Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)
Refractory Anemia (RA)
Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts (RAEB)
Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts in Transformation (RAEB-T)
Refractory Anemia with Ringed Sideroblasts (RARS)

Myeloproliferative Disorders
Acute Myelofibrosis
Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia (Myelofibrosis)
Essential Thrombocythemia
Polycythemia Vera

Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Hodgkin's Disease
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Prolymphocytic Leukemia

Phagocyte Disorders
Chediak-Higashi Syndrome
Chronic Granulomatous Disease
Neutrophil Actin Deficiency
Reticular Dysgenesis

Plasma Cell Disorders
Multiple Myeloma
Plasma Cell Leukemia
Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia

Stem Cell Disorders
Aplastic Anemia (Severe)
Congenital Cytopenia
Dyskeratosis Congenita
Fanconi Anemia
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)

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