Diseases Treated with Cord Blood Stem Cells

Cord blood stem cells are currently used in the treatment of 80 life-threatening diseases, including cancers, blood disorders, immune system deficiencies, metabolic disorders and bone marrow failure syndromes.

Cancers

Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)
Hemophagocytosis
Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Juvenile Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (JCML)
Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
Lymphohistiocytosis
Multiple Myeloma
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
Neuroblastoma
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Blood Disorders

Blackfan-Diamond Anemia
Glanzmann Thrombasthenia
Myelofibrosis
Pure Red Cell Aplasia
Sickle Cell Anemia
Thalassemia

Immune System Deficiencies

Chronic Granulomatous Disease
Common Variable Immune Deficiency
Congenital Immune Deficiency
DiGeorge Syndrome
Griscelli Syndrome
Lymphocyte Adhesion Disease
Nezelof Syndrome
Omenn's Syndrome
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
X-linked Lymphoproliferative Disease

Metabolic Disorders

Adrenoleukodystrophy
Amyloidosis
Gaucher's Disease
Hunter Syndrome (MPS-II)
Hurler Syndrome (MPS-IH)
Krabbe Disease
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
Mannosidosis
Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome (MPS-VI)
Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
Mucolipidosis Type II
Niemann-Pick Disease
Sandhoff Disease
Sanfilippo Syndrome (MPS-III)
Sly Syndrome (MPS-VII)
Tay-Sachs Disease
Wolman Disease

Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes

Amegakarocytosis
Aplastic Anemia
Congenital Dyskeratosis
Congenital Neutropenia
Congenital Thrombocytopenia
Fanconi Anemia
Kostmann Syndrome
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
Reticular Dysegenesis
Schwachman-Diamond Syndrome
Sideroblastic Anemia
Thrombocytopenia

Other

Osteopetrosis
Refractory Anemia (RA)

Last Updated: June 2011

As with any transplant, therapeutic success depends upon factors including patient condition, type of disease, recipient/donor matching, and other factors. Autologous stem cells are not generally suitable for treatment of inherited genetic diseases, nor are they guaranteed to provide a cure for other diseases. There is no guarantee that the cord blood will match anyone other than the baby.