Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Cord Blood Diseases

Cord blood stem cell is used to treat some disease but not all disease. But right now doctors are be able to cure many disorders. These disorders of all types like bone marrow, histiocytic disorder etc. Some diseases which are treated through stem cell are-

Bone marrow disorder or diseases which are treated with cord blood are- Pure Red Cell Aplasia, Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH), Fanconi Anemia, Dyskeratosis Congenita, Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia, Congenital Cytopenia, Blackfan-Diamond Anemia, Aplastic Anemia (Severe), Amegakaryocytosis

Hemoblobinopathies diseases which are treated with cord blood are- Sickle Cell Disease, Beta Thalassemia Major

Histiocytic Disorders or diseases which are treated with cord blood are- Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis (Histiocytosis X), Hemophagocytosis, Familial Erythrophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

Inherited Immune System Disorders or diseases which are treated with cord blood are- X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Disorder, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, Severe Combined Immunodeficiencies (SCID), Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency, Congenital Neutropenia, Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Inherited Metabolic Disorders or diseases which are treated with cord blood are- Wolman Disease, Tay Sachs, Sly Syndrome, Sanfilippo Syndrome (MPS-III), Sandhoff Disease, Niemann-Pick Disease, Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (Batten Disease), Mucolipidosis II (I-cell Disease), Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome (MPS-VI), Mannosidosis, Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome, Krabbe Disease, Hurler Syndrome (MPS-IH), Hunter Syndrome (MPS-II), Gaucher Disease, Fucosidosis, Adrenoleukodystrophy

Leukemias and Lymphomas diseases which are treated with cord blood are- Polymphocytic Leukemia, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML), Juvenile Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (JCML), Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML), Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), Adult T Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma, Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia, Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML), Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL), Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia

Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Disorders or diseases which are treated with cord blood are- Refractory Anemias (RA), Polycythemia Vera, Essential Thrombocythemia, Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML), Amyloidosis, Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia (Myelofibrosis), Acute Myelofibrosis

Plasma Cell Disorders or diseases which are treated with cord blood are- Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia, Plasma Cell Leukemia, Multiple Myeloma

Other Inherited Disorders or diseases which are treated with cord blood are- Osteopetrosis, DiGeorge Syndrome, Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria (Gunther Disease), Cartilage-Hair Hypoplasia

Other Malignancies diseases which are treated with cord blood are- Thymoma (Thymic Carcinoma), Testicular Cancer, Small Cell Lung Cancer, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Renal Cell Carcinoma, Ovarian Cancer, Neuroblastoma, Ewing Sarcoma, Brain Tumors

Some other diseases which are treated with cord blood are- Thymoma Diabetes, Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury, Parkinson's Disease, Muscular Dystrophy, Liver Disease, Heart Disease