Listing of Diseases Treated with Stem Cells: Parent's Guide to Cord Blood
Diseases treated with cord blood can be divided into 2 categories: Proven Standard Therapies Therapies in Clinical Trials Before choosing the right form of cord blood banking it is also important to distinguish between two modes of treatment: Allogeneic - patient receives stem cells from a matching donor, either a sibling or an unrelated donor Autologous - patient receives their own stem cells When parents donate cord blood to a public bank, they are supporting patients around the world who are searching for an unrelated Allogeneic donor. When parents save cord blood in a family bank, they are reserving the options that the baby can use its own stem cells for an Autologous treatment, or an immediate relative (sibling or parents) can use the stem cells for an Allogeneic treatment. Standard Therapies with blood-forming stem cells These are diseases for which transplants of blood-forming stem cells (Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants, HSCT) are a standard treatment. F...