They are used in the same way as donor tissues and organs. Only in case of stem cells the donor is not a stranger but the Patient himself. If it so happens, that transplant of stem cells is needed by close relative, then the cells from umbilical blood will most probably suit him, which will save him from waiting for a compatible donor.
Stem cells could be used for curing the following diseases:
Acute leucosis:
- Acute lymphoblastic leucosis;
- Acute myeloblastic leucosis;
-Acute poorly differentiated leucosis.
Chronic leucosis:
- Chronic myeloid leucosis;
- Chronic lymphocytic leucosis;
- Juvenile myelomonocytic leucosis.
Genetic diseases of immune system:
- Ataxia -venous lake;
- Kostmann disease;
- Digeorge syndrome.
Diseases, connected with diseases of proliferation of blood myeloid lineage:
- Acute myelofibrosis;
- Idiopathic myelofibrosis;
- Polycythemia Vera;
- Essential thrombocythaemia.
Diseases, connected with pathology of blood-forming cells:
- Severe form of aplastic anemia;
- Fanconi anemia;
- Marchiafava-Micheli syndrome;
- Fractional erythrocyte aplasia.
Genetic anomaly of erythrocyte:
- Beta-thalassemia;
- Drepanocytemia.
Lymph proliferative diseases:
- Hodgkin disease (lymphogranulomatosis);
- Non Hodgkin lymphoma.
Pathology of phagocyte system:
- - Chédiak–Higashi syndrome;
- Reticular dysgenesis.
Histiocytic malfunctions:
- Familial hemophagocytic lymphogistiocytosis;
- Hemophagocytosis.
Genetic diseases of metabolism
- Adrenoleukodystrophy;
- Krabbe disease;
- Metachromatic leukodystrophy;
- Mucopolysaccharidosis;
- Hurler syndrome;
- Günter Disease;
- Morgui Disease;
- Wolman disease.
Other genetic diseases
- Lesch–Nyhan syndrome;
- Glanzmann's thrombasthenia;
- Amegacaryocytosis;
- Multiple myeloma;
- Waldenstrom's disease.
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