|  | | Home > Cord Blood Banking > What diseases can be treated with umbilical cord blood? | |
 | Cord blood is being used to treat malignant diseases such as Lymphoma, Neuroblastoma (an early childhood cancer that originates in the adrenal gland), Leukemia and numerous other types of cancer. It is also being used to treat non-malignant diseases such as Aplastic Anemia (when your blood is deficient in healthy red blood cells), Thalassemia (a blood condition that interferes with hemoglobin production), Congenital Cytopenia (a blood cell deficiency), Hunter Syndrome (interferes with the body’s ability to break down a toxic complex carbohydrate), Osteopetrosis (bone abnormalities such as brittle bones), Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome (a rare congenital syndrome resulting in frequent infections), Sickle Cell Anemia (rapid breakdown of red blood cells so oxygen does not get to the body's organs), Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome (defects in the immune system that cause recurrent infections), and many others. While these are diseases cord blood is currently being used to treat, medical professionals are hopeful regarding the future treatment possibilities of umbilical cord blood stem cells.
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