Today’s Uses,
Tomorrow’s Potential
For 30+ years, cord blood has been used for stem cell transplants, helping tens of thousands of people worldwide.106 What’s even more exciting is the future potential of newborn stem cells in regenerative medicine. Speak with a specialist to learn what this could mean for your family.
Potential Future Uses in Regenerative Medicine
Newborn stem cells are currently being studied for their role in regenerative medicine, an area of science that aims to restore or establish normal function in the body.
A bright future for cord blood
While still in research, we foresee a future where cord blood can be used in new approaches for things like:
- Gene therapy135, 136
- Help improve organ and tissue damage caused by age, disease, or trauma108
- Slow the progression of degenerative diseases108
More possibilities with cord tissue
Cord tissue is home to mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which are being researched for their ability to:
- Reduce inflammation107
- Modulate the immune system to help improve autoimmune disorders107, 108
- Help improve organ and tissue damage caused by age, disease, or trauma108
100+
clinical trials initiated worldwide studying cord blood stem cells in regenerative medicine.134
200+
clinical trials initiated worldwide studying cord tissue stem cells in regenerative medicine.134
80%+
of the cord blood units CBR has released for use have been for investigational regenerative therapies.108
Areas of Research
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- Lupus
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Bowel Inflammation
- Heart Disease
- Vascular Damage
- Damage from Heart Attack
(Acquired) ›
- Stroke
- Cerebral Palsy
- HIE
Damage ›
- Liver Disease
- Lung Disease
- Reproductive-related Conditions
- Wounds
- Osteoarthritis
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Bone Nonunion
(Degenerative) ›
- Parkinson’s
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- ALS
Current Uses in
Transplant Medicine
Cord blood and bone marrow are sources of stem cells that are currently being used in transplant medicine to replace damaged blood and immune systems with healthy cells.
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It's estimated that a patient in the US is diagnosed with a blood cancer every 3 minutes.137
40,000
stem cell transplants worldwide, using cord blood from both donor and private family banks.106
80+
conditions treatable today with cord blood stem cells.
Proven Transplant
Medicine Uses
Acute Myelofibrosis
Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia (Myelofibrosis)
Amyloidosis
Aplastic Anemia (Severe)
Beta Thalassemia Major
Blackfan-Diamond Anemia
Congenital Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia (CAT)
Congenital Cytopenia
Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia
Dyskeratosis Congenita
Essential Thrombocythemia
Fanconi Anemia
Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
Polycythemia Vera
Pure Red Cell Aplasia
Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts in Transition (RAEB-T)
Refractory Anemia with Ringed Sideroblasts (RARS)
Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
Sickle Cell Disease
Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL)
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia
Adult T Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma
Chronic Active Epstein Barr
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
Ewing Sarcoma
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Juvenile Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (JCML)
Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML)
Myeloid/Natural Killer (NK) Cell PrecursorAcute Leukemia
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Prolymphocytic Leukemia
Plasma Cell Leukemia
Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)
Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency
Multiple Myeloma
Neuroblastoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Thymoma (Thymic Carcinoma)
Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia
Wilms Tumor
Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency (SCID)
Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome (SCID)
Chediak-Higashi Syndrome (SCID)
Chronic Granulomatous Disease
Congenital Neutropenia
DiGeorge Syndrome
Evans Syndrome
Fucosidosis
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Hemophagocytosis Langerhans’ Cell Histiocytosis (Histiocytosis X)
IKK Gamma Deficiency (NEMO Deficiency)
Immune Dysregulation, Polyendocrinopathy, Enteropathy, X-linked (IPEX) Syndrome
Kostmann Syndrome (SCID)
Myelokathexis
Omenn Syndrome (SCID)
Phosphorylase Deficiency (SCID)
Purine Nucleoside (SCID)
Reticular Dysgenesis (SCID)
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Diseases (SCID)
Thymic Dysplasia
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
X-linked Agammaglobulinemia
X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Disorder
X-Linked Hyper IgM Syndrome
Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria (Gunther Disease)
Gaucher Disease
Hunter Syndrome (MPS-II)
Hurler Syndrome (MPS-IH)
Krabbe Disease
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
Mannosidosis
Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome (MPS-VI)
Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
Mucolipidosis II (I-cell Disease)
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (Batten Disease)
Niemann-Pick Disease
Sandhoff Disease
Sanfilippo Syndrome (MPS-III)
Scheie Syndrome (MPS-IS)
Sly Syndrome (MPS-VII)
Tay Sachs
Wolman Disease
X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy
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