Serum derived from a patient's own blood, used for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes.
From 'auto-' (self) and 'serum' (from Latin for whey, the liquid portion of blood). Term emerged in immunology and early therapeutic medicine.
Your own blood serum contains antibodies custom-made by your immune system against threats you've encountered. Doctors can harvest and concentrate this autoserum to boost healing or immunity.
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