| Leukemias (Leukemia is a cancer of the blood cells) |
| Acute Leukemias |
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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) |
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Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) |
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Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia |
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Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia |
| Chronic Leukemias |
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Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) |
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) |
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Juvenile Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (JCML) |
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Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML) |
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Myelodysplastic Syndromes
(Myelodysplasia is sometimes called pre-leukemia) |
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Refractory Anemia (RA) |
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Refractory Anemia with Ringed Sideroblasts (RARS) |
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Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts (RAEB) |
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Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts in Transformation (RAEB-T) |
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- Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML)
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Lymphomas
(Lymphomas is a cancer of the blood cells that circulate in the blood and lymph vessels) |
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Hodgkin's Lymphoma |
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma |
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Burkitt's Lymphoma |
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Red Blood Cell Abnormalities or Deficiencies
(Red blood cells carry oxygen to the body) |
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Beta Thalassemia Major (also known as Cooley's Anemia) |
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Blackfan-Diamond Anemia |
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Pure Red Cell Aplasia |
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Sickle Cell Disease |
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Aplastic Anemia |
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Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia |
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Fanconi Anemia |
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Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) |
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Pure Red Cell Aplasia |
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| Platelet Abnormalities (Platelets are blood cells needed for clotting) |
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Amegakaryocytosis / Congenital Thrombocytopenia |
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Glanzmann Thrombasthenia |
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| Other Blood Disorders |
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Acute Myelofibrosis |
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Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia (Myelofibrosis) |
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Polycythemia Vera |
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Essential Thrombocythemia |
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| Inherited Immune System Disorders |
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Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) variants |
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Kostmann Syndrome |
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Myelokathexis |
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Ataxia-Telangiectasia |
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Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome |
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Common Variable Immunodeficiency |
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DiGeorge Syndrome |
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Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency |
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Lymphoproliferative Disorders (LPD) |
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Lymphoproliferative Disorder, X-linked |
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Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome |
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Chediak-Higashi Syndrome |
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Chronic Granulomatous Disease |
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Neutrophil Actin Deficiency |
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Reticular Dysgenesis |
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| Cancers in the bone marrow |
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Plasma Cell Leukemia |
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Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia |
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| Other Cancers (Not originating in the blood) |
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Neuroblastoma |
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Breast Cancer |
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Ewing's Sarcoma |
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Renal Cell Carcinoma |
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| Inherited Disorders affecting the Immune System & Other Organs |
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Cartilage-Hair Hypoplasia |
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Gunther's Disease (Erythropoietic Porphyria) |
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Pearson's Syndrome |
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Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome |
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Systemic Mastocytosis |
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Inherited Metabolic Disorders
Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) Storage Diseases |
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Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) |
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Hurler's Syndrome (MPS-IH) |
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Scheie Syndrome (MPS-IS) |
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Hunter's Syndrome (MPS-II) |
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Sanfilippo Syndrome (MPS-III) |
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Morquio Syndrome (MPS-IV) |
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Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome (MPS-VI) |
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Sly Syndrome, Beta-Glucuronidase Deficiency (MPS-VII) |
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Mucolipidosis II (I-cell Disease) |
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| Leukodystrophy Disorders |
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Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)/Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN) |
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Krabbe Disease (Globoid Cell Leukodystrophy) |
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Metachromatic Leukodystrophy |
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| Lysosomal Storage Diseases |
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Gaucher Disease |
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Niemann-Pick Disease |
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Sandhoff Disease |
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Tay-Sachs Disease |
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Wolman Disease |
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| Other Inherited Disorders |
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Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome |
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Osteopetrosis |
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| Disorders of Cell Proliferation |
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Familial Erythrophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis |
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Hemophagocytosis |
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Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH; formerly called Histiocytosis-X) |
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| Diseases of the Central Nervous System |
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) |
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Cerebral palsy |
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Gene Therapy
(ie: Transplanting genetically altered stem cells) |
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Glanzmann Thrombasthenia |
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Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) - some variants |
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Heart Disease
(ie: Strengthening damaged heart muscle by infusing stem cells or promoting their growth) |
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autologous stem cell transplantation |
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drug-enhanced stem cell proliferation |
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Potentially treatable conditions:
These are diseases for which there is potential for stem cell treatments but this has not been fully proven. For all of these diseases, currently there are ongoing clinical trials on humans or research in animals that are in progress.
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| Auto-Immune Diseases |
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Diabetes, Type 1 |
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Evan Syndrome |
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Juvenile Dermatomyositis |
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Rheumatoid Arthritis |
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
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Gene Therapy
(ie: Transplanting genetically altered stem cells) |
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Metabolic Disorders (Leukodystrophy Diseases, Storage Disorders, etc.) |
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Parkinson's Disease |
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| Diseases of the Central Nervous System - Nerve cell repair |
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, or "Lou Gehrig's disease") |
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Alzheimer's Disease |
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Huntington's Disease |
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Parkinson's Disease |
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| Traumatic injury |
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Spinal cord injury |
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Stroke recovery |
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| Organ repair |
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Kidney (Combined transplant of kidney plus hematopoietic stem cells) |
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Liver (Growth of liver cells from hematopoietic stem cells) |
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