Patient's question:
My mother has had diabetes for over ten years and has been relying on medication to manage it. I heard from a colleague that cord blood can treat diabetes. I'd like to understand a bit better, can cord blood really treat diabetes?Doctor's answer:
Based on your situation, cord blood cannot be used to treat diabetes. The self-healing stem cells in cord blood can be used to treat various blood system diseases and immune system diseases, including hematological malignancies (such as acute leukemia, chronic leukemia, multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndrome, lymphoma, etc.). However, there have been no reports yet of using cord blood to treat type 1 diabetes.