The Future of Stem Cells

Future application of cord blood stem cells

The list of stem cell treatable diseases continues to grow at a rapid pace. With the potential to become different cell types, scientists are exploring the possibility of using cord blood stem cells to treat some of the most common life-threatening diseases such as heard diseases and stroke. Thus saving your baby’s cord blood now can ensure your child's access to his/her own stem cells for such cellular therapy in the future.

Current most commonly researched treatments:

Repair nerve cells:
to heal brain and spinal cord injuries or brain damage caused by stroke
Regenerate cells to form new blood vessels:
to treat heart and circulatory disease
Replace damaged cells:
to improve recovery from cardiovascular diseases, a heart attack, or injury
Regenerate brain cells:
to treat brain injury, cerebral palsy and Parkinson’s disease
 

Part of ongoing clinical trials in the U.S

Malignant Diseases

  • Griscelli Syndrome
  • Hodgkin's Disease
  • Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
  • Hurler Disease
  • Hurler-Scheie Disease
  • Hypoplastic Leukemia
  • I-cell Disease
  • Infantile Ceroid Lipofucoscinosis
  • Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
  • Juvenile Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
  • Juvenile Mono-Myelocytic Leukemia

Non-malignant diseases:

  • Congenital Cytopenia
  • Polycythemia Vera
  • Gaucher’s Disease
  • Sandhoff Disease
  • SCID with Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Type 1 Diabetes
  • Cerebral palsy