65 diseases/conditions treated by adult stem cells
Here are the categories and specific diseases/conditions that www.stemcellresearch.com states are successfully treated by adult stem cells.
Cancers:
- Brain Cancer
- Retinoblastoma
- Ovarian Cancer
- Skin Cancer: Merkel Cell Carcinoma
- Testicular Cancer
- Tumors abdominal organs Lymphoma
- Non-Hodgkins lymphoma
- Hodgkins Lymphoma
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
- Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
- Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia
- Cancer of the lymph nodes: Angioimmunoblastic Lymphadenopathy
- Multiple Myeloma
- Myelodysplasia
- Breast Cancer
- Neuroblastoma
- Renal Cell Carcinoma
- Various Solid Tumors
- Soft Tissue Sarcoma
- Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia
- Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
- POEMS syndrome
Auto-Immune Diseases
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Crohn's Disease
- Scleromyxedema
- Scleroderma
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Juvenile Arthritis
- Systemic Lupus
- Polychondritis
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Behcet's Disease
- Myasthenia
- Autoimmune Cytopenia
- Systemic vasculitis
- Alopecia universalis
Cardiovascular
- Heart damage
Ocular
- Corneal regeneration
Immunodeficiencies
- X-Linked hyper immunoglobuline-M Syndrome
- Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome
Neural Degenerative Diseases/Injuries
- Parkinson's disease
- Spinal cord injury
- Stroke damage
Anemias/Blood Conditions
- Sickle cell anemia
- Sideroblastic anemia
- Aplastic Anemia
- Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia
- Chronic Epstein-Barr Infection
- Fanconi's Anemia
- Diamond Blackfan Anemia
- Thalassemia Major
- Red cell aplasia
- Primary Amyloidosis
Wounds/Injuries
- Limb gangrene
- Surface wound healing
- Jawbone replacement
- Skull bone repair
Other Metabolic Disorders
- Osteogenesis imperfecta
- Sandhoff disease
- Hurler's syndrome
- Krabbe Leukodystrophy
- Osteopetrosis
- Cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
The majority of these are treated by bone marrow transplants, the category of stem cell treatment discussed previously in 7 parts in this blog.
Marie Godfrey, PhD
maculardegeneration
have heard stem cell can cure macular degeneration?
stem cells and macular degeneration
Thanks for the question. I'll check into this and post a response. My mother has the condition, so I am also interested.
studies still in early stages for macular degeneration treatment
I had some time to check out stem cell treatments for macular degeneration and have found that the experiments at the stem cell center at Harvard are prehaps most advanced. Not long ago they were able to use human stem cells to stimulate retinal cell formation in mice. Clinical trials in humans are recruiting patients now, I believe.
To learn more, google macular degeneration stem cells and you will find sites that describe some of what is happening. I'll write more when I can.
Marie Godfrey, PhD
I've heard the same, in
I've heard the same, in general i think stem cell can do a lot better then regular drug rehab for some diseases/conditions that are treated with regular prescriptions.
Stem cell comments with embedded hyperlinks
Jason, while I appreciate your comment, the embedded hyperlink--which I removed--makes me think that your purpose was redirecting readers, not commenting on stem cells. I've posted the comment without the link.
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