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"Skin Factory" is a machine created by German scientists to manufacture human skin using cells from a baby boy’s [[foreskin]].

"Skin Factory" is a machine created by German scientists to manufacture human [[skin]] using cells from a baby boy’s [[foreskin]].

The scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute hope the skin they’ve been able to produce will provide a 'humane alternative to using animals' in testing of cosmetics and other products.

The scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute hope the [[skin]] they’ve been able to produce will provide a 'humane alternative to using animals' in testing of cosmetics and other products.

After the cells from the foreskins have multiplied inside the machine, they’re injected into a gel that forces them to grow into a sheet that simulates the epidermis — the outermost layer of human skin. To create a model that simulates human skin, three of these layers are fused together.

After the cells from the [[Foreskin| foreskins]] have multiplied inside the machine, they’re injected into a gel that forces them to grow into a sheet that simulates the epidermis — the outermost layer of human [[skin]]. To create a model that simulates human [[skin]], three of these layers are fused together.

The process of growing new skin takes about six weeks. At present, the Fraunhofer Institute is producing about 5,000 new samples per month.<ref>{{REFweb

The process of growing new [[skin]] takes about six weeks. At present, the Fraunhofer Institute is producing about 5,000 new samples per month.<ref>{{REFweb

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-"Skin Factory" is a machine created by German scientists to manufacture human skin using cells from a baby boy’s [[foreskin]].
+"Skin Factory" is a machine created by German scientists to manufacture human [[skin]] using cells from a baby boy’s [[foreskin]].
-The scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute hope the skin they’ve been able to produce will provide a 'humane alternative to using animals' in testing of cosmetics and other products.
+The scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute hope the [[skin]] they’ve been able to produce will provide a 'humane alternative to using animals' in testing of cosmetics and other products.
-After the cells from the foreskins have multiplied inside the machine, they’re injected into a gel that forces them to grow into a sheet that simulates the epidermis — the outermost layer of human skin. To create a model that simulates human skin, three of these layers are fused together.
+After the cells from the [[Foreskin| foreskins]] have multiplied inside the machine, they’re injected into a gel that forces them to grow into a sheet that simulates the epidermis — the outermost layer of human [[skin]]. To create a model that simulates human [[skin]], three of these layers are fused together.
-The process of growing new skin takes about six weeks. At present, the Fraunhofer Institute is producing about 5,000 new samples per month.<ref>{{REFweb
+The process of growing new [[skin]] takes about six weeks. At present, the Fraunhofer Institute is producing about 5,000 new samples per month.<ref>{{REFweb
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