regenerative medicine

Stem cells are regarded as an important biological resource, and researchers are conducting numerous studies to learn about their potential. So far, studies suggest that cord blood stem cells may help treat diseases like diabetes, heart and liver disease, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injury, and stroke.

There's a possibility of stem cell expansion, which may someday enable families who have banked stem cells to use them for multiple treatments or donate stem cells to others.

Sickle cell disease, hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple sclerosis, and brain tumors can all be treated with umbilical cord blood stem cells. Nearly 70 diseases, including leukemia, other cancers, and blood disorders can be treated with stem cells. Doctors have been using cord blood in lifesaving treatments since 1988 and stem cell therapies are currently being developed for heart disease, juvenile diabetes, and brain injury.