www.marrow.org for info.
Current Clinical Use of Adult Stem Cells to Help Human Patients:
Autoimmune diseases (multiple sclerosis, lupus, juvenile and other rheumatoid arthritis)
Stroke
Immunodeficiencies, including a new treatment for severe combined immune deficiency (when used with gene therapy)
Anemia
Epstein-Barr virus infection
Corneal damage (full vision restored in most patients treated in clinical trials)
Blood and liver diseases
Osteogenesis imperfecta.
Cancer treatment (in combination with chemotherapy and/or radiation):
Brain tumors
Retinoblastoma
Ovarian cancer
Solid tumors
Testicular cancer
Multiple myeloma, leukemias
Breast cancer
Neuroblastoma
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Renal cell carcinoma
Cardiac repair after heart attack (clinical trials announced Spring 2001)
Type I diabetes (not stem cells as such, but pancreatic islet cells from donors)
Cartilage and bone damage.
I was going to post the link to that information, but the link no longer works. Bummer. It was from the Catholic Bishops Conference.
Busy day. Gotta run!
What I want to know is why it is going to cost me $60 to get on the registry? I don't think that is cool at all, it should be free.
Posted by: Missy at September 24, 2007 07:08 PM