Thanks to the advancement of biotechnology, At present, Haematopoietic stem cells or HSCs have been used to treat up to 113 diseases and Cord blood is a rich source of HSCs. The number of FDA regulated clinical trials related to cord blood medical applications is constantly on the rise each year5,6, including neurological diseases, autoimmune system damage, cardiovascular disease are the main three categories of it. It is believed the number of treatable diseases will keep growing in the future.
Auto-immune Diseases
Cardiovascular
Congenital Defects
- Support for Misc. Open Cardiac Surgery
- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)
- Grow Vascular Graft
Ischemia
- Critical Limb Ischemia
- Compartment Syndrome (Battlefield Trauma)
- Ischemic Stroke
- Ischemic Heart Disease
Cardiac Repair
- Myocardial Infarction
- Cardiomyopathy
Neurologic Disorder
- Cerebral Palsy
- Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE)
- Autism
- Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
- Hearing Loss
Orthopedic
- Alveolar Cleft Palate Repair
- Knee Cartilage Repair
Gene Therapy for Inherited Disorders
Miscellaneous
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)
- Epidermolysis Bullosa
- Lysosomal Storage Diseases (in utero transplant)
- HIV