Diseases and Injuries That Could Potentially Benefit From Stem Cell Research 

More than 50 years of research on adult stem cells, taken from adult tissues, has produced such lifesaving treatments as bone marrow transplants for leukemia patients. Now, the new frontier in stem cell research involves embryonic stem cells. Unlike adult stem cells, embryonic stem cells cells have the potential to turn into and regenerate any type of cell or tissue in the human body. As a result, embryonic stem cells cells could provide cures for many currently incurable or common diseases and injuries that cannot be cured with adult stem cells, or more effective treatments than adult stem cells may provide. That's why the overwhelming majority of medical experts, medical organizations and patient advocacy groups agree that ALL types of stem cell research should be pursued. Below is some information on just some of the dozens of diseases and injuries that could benefit from this basic policy. Medical researchers believe that stem cells could potentially lead to cures for more than 70 diseases and injuries, including:

Autoimmune Diseases/ Musculoskeletal/ Connective Tissue Disorders

• Arthritis
• Crohn's Disease
• Devic's Syndrome
• Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Osteoporosis
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Lupus)
• Systemic Sclerosis
• Type 1 Diabetes

• 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

• 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
• Shaken Baby Syndrome
• 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

Events

Learn more about the promise of stem cell research -- join us at one of these upcoming events!

2012 Missouri Cures Education Foundation Speakers Series 

sponsored by
the Staenberg Family Foundation
in conjunction with THF Realty
& MedStem

Feb. 26, Columbia
Mark Kirk, Ph.D.

March 11, Kansas City
Dawn Cornelison, Ph.D.

April 15, Columbia
John Viator, Ph.D.

April 22, St. Louis
Marie Csete, M.D., Ph.D.

May Fund-raiser, St. Louis
Details TBA

June 10, St. Louis
Bill Miller, M.D.

August (date TBA), Springfield
John Viator, Ph.D.

Aug. 26, Kirksville
Dawn Cornelison, Ph.D.

Sept. 9, Columbia
Russell Swerdlow, M.D.

September, Kansas City
Details TBA

October Fund-raiser, St. Louis
Details TBA 

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