Diseases currently treated with stem cell transplants

Currently the Stem Cells from Cord Blood can be Used to Treat Dozens of Diseases and Conditions Including:

  • Acute myelogenous leukemia
    Acute myeloid leukemia (AML), also known as acute myelogenous leukemia, is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells, characterized by the rapid growth of abnormal white blood cells that accumulate in thebone mrrow and interfere with the production of normal blood cells. AML is the most common acute leukemia affecting adults. Cord Blood Banking and Stem Cell Banking of your babies cord blood can give you that insurance for the future, should your chile ever contract this disease.
  • Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
    Banking your babies Umbilical Cord Blood and Stem Cells can help in the fight against diseses, especially Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), which is a form of leukemia, or cancer of the white blood cells characterized by excess lymphoblasts.
  • Chronic myelogenous leukemia
    Chronic myelogenous (or myeloid) leukemia (CML), also known as chronic granulocytic leukemia (CGL), is a cancer of the white blood cells. Banking your babies Cord Blood and Umbilical Stem Cells will give you a start in fighting the disease. It is a form of leukemia characterized by the increased and unregulated growth of predominantly myeloid cells in the bone marrow and the accumulation of these cells in the blood.
  • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
    B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL), also known as chronic lymphoid leukemia (CLL), is the most common type of leukemia. Leukemias are cancers of the white blood cells (leukocytes). CLL affects B cell lymphocytes. B cells originate in the bone marrow, develop in the lymph nodes, and normally fight infection by producing antibodies. By Banking your babies Umbilical Stem Cells and Cord Blood, you have an advantage when fighting this disease.
  • Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
    Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) is a serious chronic leukemia (cancer of the blood) that affects children mostly aged 4 and younger. The average age of patients at diagnosis is 2 years old.
    By banking you babies Cord Blood and Umbilical Stem Cells you have that added insurance thet the Cord Blood can help fight the disease should it occur.
  • Hodgkin’s lymphoma
    Hodgkin's lymphoma can be treated with  Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, using Stem Cells from stored Umbilical Cord Stem Cells and Cord Blood. The 10-year overall survival rate is more than 90% for early stage (stage I or II) Hodgkin's lymphoma. Since many patients are young, they often live 40 years or more after treatment.
  • Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
    The non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs) are a diverse group of blood cancers that include any kind of lymphoma except Hodgkin's lymphomas. Types of NHL vary significantly in their severity, from indolent to very aggressive. Lymphomas are types of cancer derived from lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. Lymphomas are treated by  hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, using Stem Cells and Umbilical Cord Blood, stored in our Cord Blood Banking facility.
  • Multiple myeloma and other plasma cell disorders

Severe aplastic anemia and other marrow failure states

  • Fanconi anemia
  • Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)
  • Pure red cell aplasia
  • Amegakaryocytosis / congenital thrombocytopenia

SCID and other inherited immune system disorders:

  • Severe combined immunodeficiency (SClD, all sub-types)
  • Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

Hemoglobinopathies, including:

  • Beta thalassemia major
  • Sickle cell disease

Hurler’s syndrome and other inherited metabolic disorders:

  • Hurler’s syndrome (MPS-IH)
  • Adrenoleukodystrophy
  • Metachromatic leukodystrophy

Myelodysplastic and myeloproliferative disorders:

  • Refractory anemia (all types )
  • Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
  • Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia (myelofibrosis)

Familial erythrophagocytic Iymphohistiocytosis and other histiocytic disorders.

Note: Not all diseases have been specifically treated with cord blood stem cells. (Source: National Marrow Donor Program June 2005)

Research using Cord Blood stem cells is ongoing in the following areas:


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