autologous

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"As alternatives to autologous skin grafts, artificial skin substitutes including cultured epidermis and reconstituted skins have been developed," says the lead author of the study Dr. Hisato Nagano.

From Science Daily

Matosevic said traditional cell therapies have almost exclusively been autologous, meaning taken from and returned to the same patient.

From Science Daily

But Mr. Scalise said Tuesday that after being in isolation for weeks as he received an autologous stem-cell transplant, he had been cleared by his doctors to travel.

From New York Times

Both are autologous therapies, which means they use a person’s own cells.

From Nature

Having suffered a relapse, Joe would have to endure four more months of chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplants.

From BBC