Cord blood is used in the treatment of many diseases such as leukaemia, thalassaemia, lymphoma, sickle cell anaemia, aplastic anaemias, immunodeficiency. In addition to these diseases, cord blood is also used in the treatment of more than 80 diseases such as autism, serabral palsy, remotoid arteritis, diabetes. Source for disease list: https://www.cb-association.org/indications-for-utilization-of-stored-umbilical-cord-blood New clinical studies indicate that stem cells derived from cord blood and cord tissue can also be used in muscle diseases such as DMD.