To date, more than 70 diseases have been successfully treated with stem cells. These include cancers (leukemias, lymphomas, myelomas), blood disorders (thalassemias, sickle cell anemia, Fanconi’s anemia), and immune deficiency diseases.

What’s more, exciting stem cell research holds promise for the treatment of AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, heart disease, liver disease, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injury, and stroke. Our parent company, StemCyte, is involved in collaborative research on the use of stem cells in some of these diseases, with particular interest in the regeneration of spinal cord tissue, after serious injury.

(Source: Modified from National Marrow Donor Program)

Acute Leukemias
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
*Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia
Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia

Chronic Leukemias
*Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
*Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
*Juvenile Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (JCML)
*Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)

Myelodysplastic Syndromes
*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) Stem 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

Inherited Metabolic Disorders
Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS)
*Hurler's Syndrome (MPS-IH)
Scheie Syndrome (MPS-IS)
*Hunter's Syndrome (MPS-II)
Sanfilippo Syndrome (MPS-III)
Morquio Syndrome (MPS-IV)
Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome (MPS-VI)
Sly Syndrome, Beta-Glucuronidase Deficiency (MPS-VII)
*Adrenoleukodystrophy
*Mucolipidosis II (I-cell Disease)
*Krabbe Disease
Gaucher's Disease
*Niemann-Pick Disease
Wolman Disease
*Metachromatic Leukodystrophy

Histiocytic Disorders
*Familial Erythrophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
*Histiocytosis-X
*Hemophagocytosis

Inherited Erythrocyte Abnormalities
*Beta Thalassemia Major
*Sickle Cell Disease

Inherited Immune System Disorders
Ataxia-Telangiectasia
*Kostmann Syndrome
Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency
DiGeorge Syndrome
Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome
Omenn's Syndrome
*Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)
SCID with Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency
Absence of T & B Cells SCID
*Absence of T Cells, Normal B Cell SCID
*Common Variable Immunodeficiency
*Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Disorder

Other Inherited Disorders
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
Cartilage-Hair Hypoplasia
Glanzmann Thrombasthenia
*Osteopetrosis

Inherited Platelet Abnormalities
Amegakaryocytosis/Congenital Thrombocytopenia

Plasma Cell Disorders
Multiple Myeloma
Plasma Cell Leukemia
Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia

Other Malignancies
Breast Cancer
Ewing Sarcoma
*Neuroblastoma
Renal Cell Carcinoma

*Diseases that have been treated using transplanted StemCyte cord blood.