Definition of "allogeneic" []

• Being genetically different although belonging to or obtained from the same species: allogeneic tissue grafts. (adjective)

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• "Donnall Thomas, had shown that bone marrow, much like a kidney or liver, could be harvested from one patient and transplanted back—either into the same patient (called autologous transplantation) or into another patient (termed allogeneic transplantation)."
• "Some companies, such as Celgene Corp, Pluristem Therapeutics Inc, Athersys and Mesoblast are developing so-called allogeneic products designed to be sold with the ease and scale of a traditional pharmaceutical."
• "Forty-one of these cases were "allogeneic" transplants, in which blood from one individual was used to treat another member of the family."