Cord blood stem cell transplants have already changed—and saved—thousands of lives around the world. What’s more, science is honing in on other miraculous uses for these precious cells, potentially impacting countless numbers of lives in the future.
Treating Diseases with Stem Cells
What stem cells can do today
opens doorways to even more, tomorrow…
Cord blood stem cell transplants have already changed—and saved—thousands of lives around the world. What’s more, science is honing in on other miraculous uses for these precious cells, potentially impacting countless numbers of lives in the future.
How are cord blood stem cells saving lives now?
Cord blood stem cells have already been used to treat more than 75 diseases, including numerous types of malignancies, anemias, inherited metabolic disorders and deficiencies of the immune system. The majority of cord blood transplants to date have been performed in patients less than 18 years old and have been sibling or allogeneic (unrelated third party) transplants.
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