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
- Hurler Syndrome
- Krabbe Disease
- Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
- Mannosidosis
- Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome
- Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
- Mucolipidosis Type II
- Niemann-Pick Disease
- Sandhoff Disease
- Sanfilippo Syndrome
- Sly Syndrome
- Tay-Sachs Disease
- Wolman Disease
- Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
- Amegakaryocytosis
- Aplastic Anemia
- Congenital Dyskeratosis
- Congenital Neutropenia
- Congenital Thrombocytopenia
- Fanconi Anemia
- Kostmann Syndrome
- Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
- Reticular Dysgenesis
- Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
- Sideroblastic Anemia
- Thrombocytopenia
Other
- Osteopetrosis
- Refractory Anemia
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.
