Table 1. Clinical trials currently underway in USA sorted by disease name and stem cell type investigated.
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Disease
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Cell type being investigated
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Acute myocardial infarction
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Autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells
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Alzheimer’s disease
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Adult neuronal progenitor stem cell
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Corneal degeneration
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Amniotic epithelial stem cells
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Dental pulp necrosis
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Stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth
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Diabetes (type 1)
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Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells, hematopoietic stem cell
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Heart failure
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Human cardiac stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, adipose derived stem cells
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Kidney failure
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Hematopoietic stem cell, autologous and allogeneic bone marrow stem cell, peripheral blood stem cell, mesenchymal stem cells
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Macular degeneration (Age-related)
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Autologous bone marrow stem cells, adipose derived stem cells
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Multiple sclerosis
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Adult neuronal progenitor stem cell, autologous mesenchymal stem cells, enriched hematopoietic stem cells, human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells, autologous adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells, peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
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Parkinson’s disease
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Adult neuronal progenitor stem cell, autologous bone marrow derived stem cells, adipose-derived stem cells
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Rheumatoid arthritis
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Umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells, hematopoietic stem cell, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell, peripheral blood stem cell
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Source: U.S. National Institutes of Health, 2014.