Your Guide to Umbilical Cord Blood Banking |
These are diseases for which Stem Cell treatments have not been proven to have any efficacy in human beings. In a “Phase I” clinical trial, the purpose of the study is to find out if the therapy makes any difference in the course of the disease, as compared to a control group. Some doctors may […]
These are diseases for which Stem Cell treatments have been shown beneficial, but have not been adopted as standard therapy. For some of these diseases, Stem Cell transplants only slow the progression of the disease, but do not produce a cure. For other diseases, Stem Cell treatments may effect a cure, but the optimum dosage […]
These are diseases for which Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants (HSCT) are a standard treatment. For some diseases they are the only therapy, and in other diseases they are only employed when front-line therapies have failed or the disease is very aggressive. Most of the diseases for which HSCT is a standard treatment are disorders of […]
Hematopoietic Stem Cells are capable of evolving into all the specific cell types in the blood and immune system. They can be found in people of all ages. The three sources of hematopoietic Stem Cells which are routinely used for medical treatments are:
the bone marrow of an adult person
the peripheral blood of an adult person
the […]