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'''Advanced Tissue Sciences''' is a corporation based in La Jolla, CA. They are the makers of [[Dermagraft-TC]], which is an artifical skin created from harvested [[foreskin | '''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 [[foreskin]]s from infant [[circumcision]].<ref name='Advanced Biohealing, 2010'>{{REFweb | ||
|quote=Dermagraft is manufactured from human fibroblast cells derived from newborn foreskin tissue. | |quote=Dermagraft is manufactured from human fibroblast cells derived from newborn foreskin tissue. | ||
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Dermagraft-TC is FDA approved,<ref>{{REFweb | Dermagraft-TC is FDA approved,<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|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. | |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. | ||
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|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-47248437.html | |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-47248437.html | ||
|accessdate=2011-05-07 | |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> | }}</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> | ||
Advanced Tissue Sciences has sold about $1 million worth of cultured dermis to Proctor & Gamble, Helene Curtis, and other such businesses for pre-market testing. Advanced Tissue Science's foreskin-derived merchandise held a $32 million stock offering in the beginning of 1992.<ref>{{REFbook | Advanced Tissue Sciences has sold about $1 million worth of cultured dermis to Proctor & Gamble, Helene Curtis, and other such businesses for pre-market testing. Advanced Tissue Science's foreskin-derived merchandise held a $32 million stock offering in the beginning of 1992.<ref>{{REFbook | ||
|last=Pitta | |last=Pitta | ||
|first=Julie | |first=Julie | ||
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|date=1993-05-10 | |date=1993-05-10 | ||
|title=Biosynthetics | |title=Biosynthetics | ||
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|pages=170- | |pages=170-1 | ||
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|publisher=Forbes | |publisher=Forbes | ||
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|title=Biotech's Big Discovery | |title=Biotech's Big Discovery | ||
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|journal=San Francisco Chronicle | |journal=San Francisco Chronicle | ||
|date=1996-10-25 | |date=1996-10-25 | ||
|pages=E1 | |pages=E1+E4 | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[Gail K. Naughton]] | * [[Gail K. Naughton]] | ||