Stem Cell Therapy and Clinical Trails
With the advancement of Bioscience, there is enormous potential for Regenerative Medicine using stem cells from umbilical cord blood.
Latest Developments in UCB and UC Transplants2,3
Leukemia is a cancer of the blood immune system, where the cells are called leukocytes or white cells
Diagnosis | Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Autologous (Own Cells) |
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) | ✔ | |
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) | ✔ | |
Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia | ✔ | |
Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia | ✔ | |
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) | ✔ | |
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) | ✔ | |
Juvenile Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (JCML) | ✔ | |
Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML) | ✔ |
Myelodysplastic Syndromes are also called pre-leukemia
Diagnosis | Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Autologous (Own Cells) |
Refractory Anemia | ✔ | |
Refractory Anemia with Ringed Sideroblasts (Sideroblastic anemia) | ✔ | |
Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts | ✔ | |
Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts in Transformation | ✔ | |
Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML) | ✔ |
Lymphoma is a cancer of the leukocytes that circulate in the blood and lymph vessels
Diagnosis | Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Autologous (Own Cells) |
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma | ✔ | ✔ |
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (Burkitt’s Lymphoma) | ✔ |
Other Disorders of Blood Cell Proliferation
Diagnosis | Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Autologous (Own Cells) |
Anemias are deficiencies or malformations of red cells: | … | … |
Aplastic Anemia | ✔ | |
Fanconi Anemia (The first cord blood transplant in 1988 was for FA, an inherited disorder) |
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Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia | ✔ | |
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) | ✔ | |
Inherited Red Cell Abnormalities Red cells contain hemoglobin and carry oxygen to the body: |
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Sickle Cell Disease | ✔ | |
Beta Thalassemia Major (aka Cooley’s Anemia) | ✔ | |
Diamond-Blackfan Anemia | ✔ | |
Pure Red Cell Aplasia | ✔ | |
Inherited Platelet Abnormalities Platelets are blood cells needed for clotting: |
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Amegakaryocytosis / Congenital Thrombocytopenia | ✔ | |
Glanzmann Thrombasthenia | ✔ | |
Inherited Immune System Disorders: Severe Combined Immunodeficiency: | … | … |
SCID with Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency (ADA-SCID) | ✔ | |
SCID which is X-linked | ✔ | |
SCID with absence of T & B Cells | ✔ | |
SCID with absence of T Cells, Normal B Cells | ✔ | |
Omenn Syndrome | ✔ | |
Inherited Immune System Disorders: Neutropenias | … | … |
Infantile Genetic Agranulocytosis (Kostmann Syndrome) | ✔ | |
Myelokathexis | ✔ | |
Inherited Immune System Disorders: Other | … | … |
Ataxia-Telangiectasia | ✔ | |
Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome | ✔ | |
Common Variable Immunodeficiency | ✔ | |
DiGeorge Syndrome | ✔ | |
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis | ✔ | |
Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency | ✔ | |
Lymphoproliferative Disorders | ✔ | |
Lymphoproliferative Disorder, X-linked (Susceptibility to Epstein-Barr virus) | ✔ | |
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome | ✔ | |
Myeloproliferative Disorders: | … | … |
Acute Myelofibrosis | ✔ | |
Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia (Myelofibrosis) | ✔ | |
Polycythemia Vera | ✔ | |
Essential Thrombocythemia | ✔ | |
Phagocyte Disorders These are immune system cells that engulf and kill foreign organisms: |
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Chediak-Higashi Syndrome | ✔ | |
Chronic Granulomatous Disease | ✔ | |
Neutrophil Actin Deficiency | ✔ | |
Reticular Dysgenesis | ✔ | |
Bone Marrow Cancers: | … | … |
Multiple Myeloma | ✔ | ✔ |
Plasma Cell Leukemia | ✔ | ✔ |
Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia | ✔ | ✔ |
Transplants for Inherited Disorders of the Immune System & Other Organs
Diagnosis | Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Autologous (Own Cells) |
Cartilage-Hair Hypoplasia | ✔ | |
Erythropoietic Porphyria | ✔ | |
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome | ✔ | |
Pearson’s Syndrome | ✔ | |
Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome | ✔ | |
Systemic Mastocytosis | ✔ |
Transplants for Inherited Metabolic Disorders
Diagnosis | Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Autologous (Own Cells) |
Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) Storage Diseases: | … | … |
Hurler Syndrome (MPS-IH) | ✔ | |
Scheie Syndrome (MPS-IS) | ✔ | |
Hunter Syndrome (MPS-II) | ✔ | |
Sanfilippo Syndrome (MPS-III) | ✔ | |
Morquio Syndrome (MPS-IV) | ✔ | |
Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome (MPS-VI) | ✔ | |
Sly Syndrome (MPS-VII) (beta-glucuronidase deficiency) | ✔ | |
Mucolipidosis II (I-cell Disease) | ✔ | |
Leukodystrophy Disorders: | … | … |
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) | ✔ | |
Krabbe Disease(Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy) | ✔ | |
Metachromatic Leukodystrophy | ✔ | |
Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease | ✔ | |
Lysosomal Storage Diseases: | … | … |
Niemann-Pick Disease | ✔ | |
Sandhoff Disease | ✔ | |
Wolman Disease | ✔ | |
Other Inherited Metabolic Disorders: | … | … |
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome | ✔ | |
Osteopetrosis | ✔ |
Solid tumors not originating in the blood or immune system
Diagnosis | Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Autologous (Own Cells) |
Neuroblastoma | ✔ | |
Medulloblastoma | ✔ | |
Retinoblastoma | ✔ |
Neurologic Disorder
Diagnosis | Cord Blood Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Cord Blood Autologous (Own Cells) |
Cord Tissue Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Alzheimer’s disease | ✔ | ✔ | |
Autism | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Cerebral Palsy | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Encephalopathy | ✔ | ||
Global Developmental Delay | ✔ | ✔ | |
Hearing Loss (acquired sensorineural) | ✔ | ||
Intraventricular Hemorrhage | ✔ | ✔ | |
Parkinson’s disease | ✔ | ✔ | |
Spinal Cord Injury | ✔ | ✔ | |
Stroke | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Traumatic Brain Injury | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Auto-Immune Disorders
Diagnosis | Cord Blood Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Cord Blood Autologous (Own Cells) |
Cord Tissue Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Alopecia Areata | ✔ | ||
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) | ✔ | ✔ | |
Crohn’s Disease | ✔ | ||
Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis) | ✔ | ||
Graft-versus-Host Disease (GvHD) | ✔ | ✔ | |
Lupus | ✔ | ✔ | |
Multiple Sclerosis | ✔ | ||
Psoriasis | ✔ | ||
Rheumatoid Arthritis | ✔ | ✔ | |
Scleroderma | |||
Systemic Sclerosis | ✔ | ||
Ulcerative Colitis | ✔ |
Cardiovascular
Diagnosis | Cord Blood Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Cord Blood Autologous (Own Cells) |
Cord Tissue Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack) | ✔ | ||
Cardiomyopathy | ✔ | ||
Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI) | ✔ | ✔ | |
Heart Failure | ✔ | ||
Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) | ✔ | ✔ | |
Surgery for Congenital Heart Defects | ✔ |
Diabetic
Diagnosis | Cord Blood Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Cord Blood Autologous (Own Cells) |
Cord Tissue Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Diabetes, Type 1 (this is Auto-Immune) |
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Diabetes, Type 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Diabetic Foot Ulcer | ✔ | ||
Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy | ✔ |
Genetic and/or Metabolic Disorders
Diagnosis | Cord Blood Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Cord Blood Autologous (Own Cells) |
Cord Tissue Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Aging Frailty | ✔ | ✔ | |
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy | ✔ | ||
Epidermolysis Bullosa | ✔ | ||
Hereditary Ataxia | ✔ | ||
Lysosomal Storage Diseases | ✔ | ||
Metabolic Syndrome | ✔ | ||
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency | ✔ | ||
Spinal muscular atrophy | ✔ | ||
Tay-Sachs Disease | ✔ |
Orthopedic
Diagnosis | Cord Blood Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Cord Blood Autologous (Own Cells) |
Cord Tissue Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Ankylosing Spondylitis | ✔ | ||
Cartilage Injury | ✔ | ✔ | |
Cleft Palate Repair | ✔ | ||
Non-Union Fractures | ✔ | ||
Osteoarthritis | ✔ | ✔ | |
Osteochondral Lesion | ✔ | ||
Spinal Fusion Surgery | ✔ |
Other
Diagnosis | Cord Blood Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Cord Blood Autologous (Own Cells) |
Cord Tissue Allogeneic (Donor Cells) |
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) | ✔ | ||
BronchoPulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) (lung disorder due to premature birth) |
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Erectile Dysfunction | ✔ | ||
Eye Diseases | ✔ | ✔ | |
Fistula | ✔ | ||
HIV | ✔ | ||
Kidney Failure | ✔ | ||
Liver Cirrhosis | ✔ | ✔ | |
Liver Failure | ✔ | ✔ | |
Peyronie’s Disease | ✔ | ||
Premature Ovarian Failure | ✔ | ✔ | |
Uterine Scars | ✔ | ||
Wounds | ✔ |