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PrintThe following is a list of the 65 diseases that researchers have used adult stem cells to treat. Adult stem cells are different from embryonic stem cells in that they usually form other stem cells identical to themselves.
Cancers
Brain cancer, Retinoblastoma, Ovarian cancer, Skin cancer: Merkel cell carcinoma, Testicular cancer, Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Acute myelogenous leukemia, Chronic myelogenous leukemia, Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia, Cancer of the lymph nodes: angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy, Multiple myeloma, Myelodysplasia, Breast cancer, Neuroblastoma, Renal cell carcinoma, Various solid tumors, Soft tissue sarcoma, Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia, Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, POEMS syndrome
Auto-immune diseases
Multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, Scleromyxedema, Scleroderma, Rheumatoid arthritis, Juvenile arthritis, Systemic lupus, Polychondritis, Sjogren’s syndrome, Behcet’s disease, Myasthenia, Autoimmune cytopenia, Systemic vasculitis, Alopecia universalis
Cardiovascular
Heart damage
Ocular
Corneal regeneration
Immunodeficiencies
X-linked hyper immunoglobuline-M syndrome, Severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome, X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome
Neural Degenerative Diseases/Injuries
Spinal cord injury, Stroke damage
Anemias/blood conditions
Sickle cell anemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Aplastic anemia, Amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia, Chronic Epstein-Barr infection, Fanconi’s anemia, Diamond-Blackfan nemia, Thalassemia major, Red cell aplasia, Primary amyloidosis
Wounds/Injuries
Limb gangrene, Surface wound healing, Jawbone replacement, Skull bone repair
Other Metabolic Disorders
Osteogenesis imperfecta, Sandhoff disease, Hurler’s syndrome, Krabbe leukodystrophy, Osteopetrosis, Cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
Source: stemcellresearch.org
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