Adult Stem cell Therapy Today

  • Over 2,200 cases of clinical trials have been conducting as of November 2009 (clinicalTrials.gov)
  • None of clinical trials with embryonic stem cells and iPS
  • Targets of clinical trials using adult stem cells are increasing
    • » Leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma etc. : 864 studies
    • » Graft versus host disease: 489 studies
    • » Heart failure: 84 studies
    • » Kidney failure: 26 studies
    • » Ischemic stroke: 6 studies
    • » Lung injury: 5 studies
    • » Spinal cod injury: 4 studies
    • » Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Sources of adult stem cells used in clinical trials
    • » Peripheral blood cells, HSCs: 1079 studies
    • » Bone marrow cells, MSC & HSC: 1059 studies
    • » In vitro cultured MSCs (BM, adipose tissue, UBC, etc.): 70 studies
    • » Endothelial progenitor cells: 102 studies
    • » Skeletal myoblast: 8 studies