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'''Advanced Tissue Sciences''' is a corporation based in La Jolla, {{USSC|CA}}. They are the makers of [[Dermagraft-TC]], which is an artifical [[skin ]] created from harvested foreskins [[foreskin]]s from infant [[circumcision]].<ref name='Advanced Biohealing, 2010'>{{REFwebQuoteREFweb | quote=Dermagraft is manufactured from human fibroblast cells derived from newborn foreskin tissue. | last= | first= | publisher=Advanced Biohealing, Inc. | yeardate= | urltitletitle=Dermagraft-TC: Overview | url=http://www.dermagraft.com/about/overview/ | accessdate=2011-03-06}}</ref> They are also the makers of [[NouriCel]], another product made from harvested foreskins,<ref name='Acroposthion 2011'>{{ REFwebQuoteREFweb | quote=TNS contains... NouriCel-MD which is... a combination of Natural Growth Factors, matrix proteins, and soluble collagen. Human Growth Factors extracted from cultured cells of foreskin... | last= | first= | publisher=Acroposthion.com | yeardate= | urltitletitle=The Foreskin Mafia | url=http://www.acroposthion.com/acroposthion_019.htm | accessdate=2011-03-06}}</ref> and one of the main ingredients of [[SkinMedica]]'s [[TNS Recovery Complex]] product.<ref name='SkinMedica 2011'>{{REFwebQuoteREFweb | quote=TNS Recovery Complex is the only product containing a professional concentration of NouriCel®, a new cosmetic ingredient from leading tissue-engineering company Advanced Tissue Sciences. | last= | first= | publisher=SkinMedica | yeardate=2002-02-12 | urltitletitle=SkinMedica Introduces TNS Recovery Complex | url=http://www.corporate.skinmedica.com/press/2002/skinmedica-launches-tns-recovery-complex | accessdate=2011-03-06

Dermagraft-TC is FDA approved,<ref>{{REFwebQuoteREFweb | quote=Dermagraft-TC is the first human, fibroblast-derived temporary [[skin ]] substitute for the treatment of partial-thickness burns that has been approved for marketing by the FDA. | last= | first= | publisher=MediLexicon International Ltd | yeardate=2011 | urltitletitle=Dermagraft-TC: General Information: Advanced Tissue Sciences | url=http://www.medilexicon.com/drugs/dermagraft-tc.php#GeneralInformation | accessdate=2011-05-07}}</ref><ref>{{REFwebQuoteREFweb | quote=the Food and Drug Administration has approved Dermagraft-TC | last= | first= | publisher=HighBeam Research | yeardate=1997-03-28 | urltitletitle= Transplant News: Advanced Tissue Sciences' temporary wound covering Dermagraft-TC approved for marketing by FDA | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-47248437.html | accessdate=2011-05-07}}</ref> and it sells for about $3,000 per square foot and one foreskin contains enough genetic material to grow 250,000 square feet of [[skin]].<ref>Circumcision. Daecher M. Icon 1998;2(2):70-3.</ref>

| last=Pitta | first=Julie | yearinit=J |date=1993-05-10 May 1993 | title=Biosynthetics | url= | editor= | edition= | volume= | chapter= | pages=170-1711 | location= | publisher=Forbes | isbn= |accessdate= | note=The 32-page Advanced Tissue Sciences, Inc. 1997 Annual Report refers to "fibroblasts" but does not contain the word "foreskin." | accessdate=

In 1996 alone, Advanced Tissue Sciences could boast of a healthy $663.9 million market capitalization performance.<ref>{{REFjournal |title=Biotech's Big Discovery. |last=Hall |init=CT. |journal=San Francisco Chronicle. October |date=1996-10-25, 1996: |pages=E1, +E4.}}</ref> {{SEEALSO}}* [[Gail K. Naughton]]