How to Use autologous in a Sentence

autologous

adjective

• About 60% of patients undergo an autologous transplant, in which their own stem cells are used for the treatment.
  — Ron Winslow, WSJ, 28 May 2018
• Because the procedure uses autologous cells, which are cells from the patient's own body, there's little to no chance of rejection by the body's immune system.
  — Samantha Bresnahan, CNN, 22 May 2017
• Eye drops made from your own blood (autologous blood serum drops) are an option for treating severe dry eye symptoms that don’t respond to other treatments, according to the Mayo Clinic.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 13 Dec. 2018
• Typically patients with serious burns will receive an autologous skin graft, where doctors shave off a piece of healthy skin to cover the injured area.
  — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 30 May 2018
• Neoantigens can thus jeopardize the whole strategy of autologous cell transplantation.
  — Tobias Deuse, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2019
• All of these treatments in clinical trials include genetic modification of sickle cell patient stem cells followed by autologous re-infusion, a re-infusion of a patient’s own stem cells, which offers a potential cure for sickle cell disease.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022
• These involve autologous cells, taken from the patient, and minimally manipulated.
  — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 July 2017
• Many of these clinics mimic legitimate protocols, extracting patients’ own stem cells (these are called autologous stem cell transplants), elaborately concentrating or modifying the cells, then infusing or injecting them back into the individual.
  — David A. Pearce, STAT, 6 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 4 Oct 2024