Definition
Plain language
Using a patient's own cells or tissue rather than a donor's.
As stated in the literature
Derived from the same individual who receives it; autologous cell sourcing avoids immune rejection in tissue-engineered grafts.
Also called: autologous cell sourcing
Why it matters: Using a patient's own cells sidesteps immune rejection and the lifelong drugs that come with donor tissue.
For example, cells taken from a patient's own bone marrow can be grown up and used to line a graft that will be implanted back into that same patient.
Heard on the show
“Scaffold selection, decellularization chemistry, autologous cell sourcing, bioreactor maturation, and then surgical anastomosis.”Episode 240 — Frontier Models Designed Follow-Ups To Fraudulent Papers 93% Of The Time