Diseases & Injuries      

Medical researchers believe that embryonic and adult stem cells could lead to cures for many diseases and injuries, including:

Autoimmune Diseases/ Musculoskeletal/ Connective Tissue Disorders
Arthritis, Devic's Syndrome, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, Osteoporosis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Lupus), Systemic Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes

Cancers
Bladder/Kidney, Brain/Central Nervous System, Breast, Colon/Lower Bowel, Endometrium/Cervix/Ovary, Esophagus, Leukemia, Liver, Lungs/Respiratory System, Lymphoma, Myeloma, Pancreas, Prostate, Skin, Stomach

Cardiovascular Diseases
Acute Ischemic Heart Disease (angina), Myocardial Infarction (heart attack), Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease (athersclerotic heart disease), Cardiomyopathy Cerebrovascular Disease (stroke)

Circulatory/Respiratory Diseases
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Fibrosis

Injuries
Severe Burns, Spinal Cord Injury

Eye Disorders
Macular Degeneration, Retinitis Pigmentosa

Infectious Diseases
HIV/AIDS

Metabolic Diseases
Adrenoleukodystrophy, Aspartylglycosaminuria, Canavan's Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Fabry Disease, Fucosidosis, Gaucher Disease, Leukodystrophy, Mucopolysaccharidoses, Niemann-Pick Disease, Pompe Disease, Porphyria, Sickle Cell Disease, Tay-Sachs Disease, Type 2 Diabetes

Muscular Dystrophies
Becker, Duchenne, Emery Dreifuss, Facioscapulohumeral, Fukuyama , Limb Girdle, Myasthenia Gravis, Myotonic Dystrophy

Neurological Diseases of Adulthood
Alzheimer's Disease, Huntington's Disease, Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS), Parkinson's Disease

Neurological Diseases of Childhood
Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Down Syndrome, Epilepsy, Hydrocephalus, Rett Syndrome

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