To date, evidence-based medicine has recognized umbilical blood as an effective treatment for many diseases. Among them, it is worth noting the following conditions:
- Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Leukemias, Lymphomas, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, and Aplastic Anemias
- Transplantation in case of primary immunodeficiencies (acute combined immunodeficiency, Wiscott-Oldrich syndrome, chronic granulomatous disease)
- Transplantation in several congenital metabolic disorders (type I mucopolysaccharidosis, Krabbe’s disease, metachromatic leukodystrophy)
- Thalassemias and sickle anemia
- Genital cell tumors (ovarian and testicular cancers)
- Autoimmune diseases (intensive studies are underway in cases of multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases)
Tens of thousands of UCB transplants have already been performed worldwide in more than 70 different cases of specific diseases.