Human Milk Stem Cell as A Potential Therapy for Neonatal Rare Diseases: A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

A rare disease is a health problem that only affects a few people, while neonatal is the one that affects newborns such as Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Despite significant progress in the current understanding of the molecular basis of rare diseases, there is still a lack of approved therapies for most of these conditions. Thus, the number of people suffering from rare diseases continues to rise without effective treatment. This systematic literature aims to review the type of stem cells in human milk and to investigate the type of rare diseases potentially being cured using human milk stem cell therapy.