Metabolic Disorders

Rare metabolic disorders that effect the blood or immune system, or the way the body processes wastes, can sometimes can be corrected with cord blood transplants. Our newsletter tells about several children helped this way: Mason and Osteopetrosis, Nevelash and Griscelli Syndrome, Neha and Mucopolysaccharidoses. Some recent cord tissue trials are attempting to slow down the ordinary metablic condition of Aging.