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                                Here is a list of diseases for which stem cell treatment has been used:
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                                Acute Leukemias 
                                Acute Biphenotypic Leukemia 
                                Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) 
                                Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) 
                                Acute Undifferentiated Leukemia 
                                 
                                
                                    Chronic Leukemias 
                                    Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) 
                                    Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) 
                                    Juvenile Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (JCML) 
                                    Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML) 
                                
                                    Myelodysplastic Syndromes 
                                    Amyloidosis 
                                    Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML) 
                                    Refractory Anemia (RA) 
                                    Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts (RAEB) 
                                    Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts in Transformation (RAEB-T) 
                                    Refractory Anemia with Ringed Sideroblasts (RARS) 
                                
                                    Stem Cell Disorders 
                                    Aplastic Anemia (Severe) 
                                    Congenital Cytopenia 
                                    Dyskeratosis Congenita 
                                    Fanconi Anemia 
                                    Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) 
                                
                                    Myeloproliferative Disorders 
                                    Acute Myelofibrosis 
                                    Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia (Myelofibrosis) 
                                    Essential Thrombocythemia 
                                    Polycythemia Vera 
                                     
                                    Lymphoproliferative Disorders 
                                    Hodgkin's Disease 
                                    Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma 
                                    Prolymphocytic Leukemia 
                                
                                      
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                                    Liposomal Storage Diseases 
                                    Adrenoleukodystrophy 
                                    Alpha Mannosidosis 
                                    Gaucher's Disease 
                                    Hunter's Syndrome (MPS-II) 
                                    Hurler's Syndrome (MPS-IH) 
                                    Krabbe Disease 
                                    Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome (MPS-VI) 
                                    Metachromatic Leukodystrophy 
                                    Morquio Syndrome (MPS-IV) 
                                    Mucolipidosis II (I-cell Disease) 
                                    Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) 
                                    Niemann-Pick Disease 
                                    Sanfilippo Syndrome (MPS-III) 
                                    Scheie Syndrome (MPS-IS) 
                                    Sly Syndrome, Beta-Glucuronidase Deficiency (MPS-VII) 
                                    Wolman Disease 
                                
                                    Histiocytic Disorders 
                                    Familial Erythrophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis 
                                    Hemophagocytosis 
                                    Histiocytosis-X 
                                    Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis 
                                
                                    Inherited Erythrocyte Abnormalities 
                                    Beta Thalassemia Major 
                                    Blackfan-Diamond Anemia 
                                    Pure Red Cell Aplasia 
                                    Sickle Cell Disease 
                                     
                                    Congenital (Inherited) Immune System Disorders 
                                    Absence of T and B Cells SCID 
                                    Absence of T Cells, Normal B Cell SCID 
                                    Ataxia-Telangiectasia 
                                    Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome 
                                    Common Variable Immunodeficiency 
                                    DiGeorge Syndrome 
                                    Kostmann Syndrome 
                                    Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency 
                                    Omenn's Syndrome 
                                    Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) 
                                    SCID with Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency 
                                    Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome 
                                    X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Disorder 
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                                    Other Inherited Disorders 
                                    Cartilage-Hair Hypoplasia 
                                    Ceroid Lipofuscinosis 
                                    Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria 
                                    Glanzmann Thrombasthenia 
                                    Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome 
                                    Osteopetrosis 
                                    Sandhoff Disease 
                                
                                    Inherited Platelet Abnormalities 
                                    Amegakaryocytosis / Congenital Thrombocytopenia 
                                
                                    Plasma Cell Disorders 
                                    Multiple Myeloma 
                                    Plasma Cell Leukemia 
                                    Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia 
                                
                                    Other Malignancies 
                                    Brain Tumors 
                                    Ewing Sarcoma 
                                    Neuroblastoma 
                                    Ovarian Cancer 
                                    Renal Cell Carcinoma 
                                    Small-Cell Lung Cancer 
                                    Testicular Cancer 
                                
                                    Autoimmune Diseases 
                                    Multiple Sclerosis (experimental) 
                                    Rheumatoid Arthritis (experimental) 
                                    Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (experimental)
                                 
                                
                                    Emerging Stem Cell Applications* 
                                    Alzheimer's Disease 
                                    Diabetes 
                                    Heart Disease 
                                    Liver Disease 
                                    Muscular Dystrophy 
                                    Parkinson's Disease 
                                    Spinal Cord Injury 
                                    Stroke 
                                     
                                    Phagocyte Disorders 
                                    Chediak-Higashi Syndrome 
                                    Chronic Granulomatous Disease 
                                    Neutrophil Actin Deficiency 
                                    Reticular Dysgenesis
                                 
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