Autologous banking is the recovery and storage of an individual's own blood. The blood can be from the circulating blood, and is obtained in the same way that blood is obtained during blood donation procedures. As well, blood can be recovered from the...

Transplantation of cells, organs or tissues back into the same individual that has donated those tissues. Cells derived from the donor will not suffer immunological rejection, and autografts avoid the need for IMMUNOSUPPRESSION. Autografts have been...

In biology, autologous refers to cells, tissues or even proteins that are reimplanted in the same individual as they come from. Bone marrow, skin biopsy, cartilage, and bone can be used as autografts. In contrast, cells or tissues transplanted from a...

Bioethics: Congress is debating competing bills on expanding funding for embryonic stem-cell research, but British researchers aren't waiting. Using patients' own stem cells, they've weaned them off insulin injections.Despite the fact that George W. Bush is the only president to have spent federal funds on...

A California appeals court last week ruled that the state's $3 billion program for embryonic stem cell research is legal. If the state Supreme Court upholds the ruling, funds can start flowing to scientists.With the controversy over embryonic stem cells dominating headlines, work on other...