Bone marrow transplant is a common form of stem cell therapy, I’m sure you’ve all heard of it? This treatment has been used for many years, without dispute. No stem cell therapies other than bone marrow transplant are widely used today, however, new recurring therapies are now derived from umbilical cord blood to treat diseases such as Pure Red Cell Aplasia. This blood found inside the umbilical cord and has proven to be rich in a type of stem cell called hematopoietic stem cells. These stem cells are not embryonic stem cells, in fact, like bone marrow, they are considered part of the adult stem cell group and therefore free from the controversy that surrounds