HOW WILL UCB STEM CELLS BE USED IN THE FUTURE?
The uses for stem cells in different treatment therapies are increasing every day. In addition to the already documented 80 to 90 present uses for stem cells, researchers are anticipating their use in treatments for diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and muscular dystrophy. Repair of spinal cord injuries, blood vessel growth, treatment of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease are other areas of anticipated use. Multiple Sclerosis patients are also benefitting from new advances in treatments using these amazing healing cells. As the causes of more diseases are discovered it is being projected by researchers that the uses for cord blood stem cell transplantation will undoubtedly increase. “Given the enormous promise of stem cells to the development of new therapies for the most devastating diseases, when a readily available source of stem cells is identified, it is not too unrealistic to say that this research will revolutionize the practice of medicine and improve the quality and length of
