autologous

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

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024

These approaches are all autologous, meaning the patient is both donor and recipient — and not taken from anyone else, which enhances safety — and should not be confused with stem-cell therapies.

From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2021

The Research Group developed “individualized autologous peptide and whole cell based vaccine” made from a “patient’s own blood, body tissues and serum” to fight cancer, according to the settlement.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2014

"Our clinical trials are led by physician investigators who have completed training in both the use of autologous mesenchymal stem cells and in research ethics," he explains.

From Scientific American • Feb. 29, 2012

Her middle-aged husband had come in for an autologous stem cell transplant, a treatment that used his own stem cells to restore his immune system after high-dose chemotherapy.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2010