Stem Cells Treatments

Stem cells are already being used for a number of medical treatments. While obtaining them from cord blood may be a relatively new procedure, the presence of stem cells in bone marrow long ago led to bone marrow transplants that have been used in treatments for decades now.

Stem cells have already been used in treating numerous diseases, and the number of treatments stem cells can be used for continues to rapidly grow as medical research evolves.

The National Cord Blood Program (a non-profit public cord blood bank) has reported to have their blood used in treatments for the following conditions:

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Adrenoleukodystrophy
Alpha-Mannosidosis (a-Mannosidosis)
Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia
Aspartylglucosaminuria
Burkitt's Lymphoma
Chediak-Higashi Syndrome
Chronic Granulomatous Disease
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria
Congenital Neutropenia
Diamond-Blackfan Anemia
DiGeorge Syndrome
Dyskeratosis Congenita
Familial Erythrophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
Fanconi Anemia
Fucosidosis
Gangliosidosis
Gaucher Disease
Glanzmann Thrombasthenia
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
Hodgkin's Disease (Lymphoma)
Hurler Disease
Hurler-Scheie Disease
I-cell Disease
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Infantile Ceroid Lipofucoscinosis
Juvenile Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Juvenile Myelo-Monocytic Leukemia
Kostmann Syndrome
Krabbe Disease
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
Lymphocyte Adhesion Disease
Lymphoma (type not specified)
Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome
Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
Morquio Syndrome
Multiple Myeloma
Myelodysplastic syndrome
Myelofibrosis
Neuroblastoma
Nezelof Syndrome
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Omenn Syndrome
Osteopetrosis
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
Reticular Dysgenesis
Severe Aplastic Anemia
Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (and related diseases)
Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
Sialidosis
Sickle Cell Disease
Sideroblastic Anemia
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Tay Sach Disease
Thalassemia (b Thalassemia)
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
Wolman Disease
X-linked HyperIgM Syndrome
X-linked Lymphoproliferative Disease

As research progresses more uses continue to be found, with promising finds in treating a number of additional medical ailments.