Diseases and Conditions Treated by Stem Cells
The stem cells taken from your baby’s cord blood may serve as a life saver down the road for your baby, a sibling or even one of the parents. Here is a list of diseases and conditions that may possibly be treated by stem cells:
- Acute Leukemias:
- Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia
- Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
- Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
- Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
- Autoimmune Diseases:
- Evan Syndrome
- Multiple Sclerosis (Experimental)
- Rheumatoid Arthritis (Experimental)
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Experimental)
- Chronic Leukemias:
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
- Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
- Juvenile Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (JCML)
- Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)
- Congenital (Inherited) Immune System
Disorders:
- Absence of T & 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
- 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 Disease
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders:
- Hodgkin's Disease
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Prolymphocytic Leukemia
- 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
- Other Inherited Disorders:
- Cartilage-Hair Hypoplasia
- Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
- Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria
- Glanzmann Thrombasthenia
- Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
- Osteopetrosis
- Tay Sachs Disease
- Other Malignancies:
- Brain Tumors
- Breast Cancer
- Ewing Sarcoma
- Neuroblastoma
- Ovarian Cancer
- Renal Cell Carcinoma
- Small-Cell Lung Cancer
- Testicular Cancer
- 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)
- Potential Future Stem Cell
Applications:
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Diabetes
- Heart Disease
- Liver Disease
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Parkinson's Disease
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Stroke
Last Updated: 03/2004