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How are cord blood stem cells saving lives now?

Cord blood stem cells have already been used to treat more than 75 diseases, including numerous types of malignancies, anemias, inherited metabolic disorders and deficiencies of the immune system. The majority of cord blood transplants to date have been performed in patients less than 18 years old and have been sibling or allogeneic (unrelated third party) transplants. Most of the curable diseased that stem cell therapy includes :-

Acute Leukemias
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
- Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
- Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia
- Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
Chronic Leukemias
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
- Juvenile Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (JCML)
- Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Myelodysplastic Syndrome

- Refractory Anemia ...
... (RA)
- Refractory Anemia with Ringed Sideroblasts (RARS)
- Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts (RAEB)
- Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts in
Transformation (RAEB-T)
- Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)
Hematopoietic Cell Disorders
- Aplastic Anemia (Severe)
- Fanconi Anemia
- Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
- Pure Red Cell Aplasia
Myeloproliferative Disorders
- Acute Myelofibrosis
- Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia (myelofibrosis)
- Polycythemia Vera
- Essential Thrombocythemia
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
- Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Hodgkin's Disease
Phagocyte Disorders
- Chediak-Higashi Syndrome
- Chronic Granulomatous Disease
- Neutrophil Actin Deficiency
- Reticular Dysgenesis
Plasma Cell Disorders
- Multiple Myeloma
- Plasma Cell Leukemia
- Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia
Other Malignancies
- Breast Cancer
- Ewing Sarcoma
- Neuroblastoma
- Renal Cell Carcinoma

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This article is written by Cryo-Cell International, Inc. This is having topics on cord blood stem cell preservation, cord blood transplants, stem cell therapy and many more. For more: http://www.cryo-cell.com/