Autotransplantation is the transplantation of organs, tissues, or even particular proteins from one part of the body to another in the same person (auto- meaning "self" in Greek[1]).

Autografts have long been considered the "Gold Standard" in oral surgery and implant dentistry because it offered the best regeneration results.

Lately, the introduction of morphogen-enhanced bone graft substitutes have shown similar success rates and quality of regeneration; however, their price is still very high.

[medical citation needed] Autotransplantation of selected organs is often preceded by ex vivo (also bench, back-table, or extracorporeal) surgery.

[6] For example, ex vivo liver resection and autotransplantation is used in the treatment of selected cases of conventionally unresectable hepatic tumors.

Reprogramming technology would be used to obtain a personalized, patient-specific, cell product without problems related to histocompatibility of the transplanted tissues and organs.