Understanding Cord Blood Banking

The Future of Stem Cell Research

More new applications for stem cells are emerging all the time. The field of stem cell research is progressing at a rapid pace and current research is focusing on the use of the regenerative potential of stem cells in the future treatment of a number of deadly diseases. Already, over 40 cancers and genetic diseases are treated using stem cell therapy:

Alzheimer's disease
Diabetes
Parkinson's disease
Spinal cord injury
Stroke
Heart disease
Liver disease
Muscular dystrophy

The potential medical use of stem cells in the future is expanding, and stem cells, which are banked now for the preventative treatment of 50 diseases today, may potentially have many more medical applications in the years to come.

1. What's so special about cord blood?2. What are cord blood stem cells?3. Applications of stem cells 4. The future of stem cell research 5. Five minutes for a lifetime

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