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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 [[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.


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.
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
|title=Skin from the Factory
|trans-title=Haut aus der Fabrik
|language=Englisch
|url=https://www.lifesciences.fraunhofer.de/en/leuchtturmprojekte/geschaeftsfeld_2/hautfabrik.html
|publisher=Fraunhofer-Institut
|accessdate=2020-02-13
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb
|date=2011-12-20
|title=German scientists grow artificial skin using cells from babies' foreskins
|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/german-scientists-grow-artificial-skin-cells-baby-foreskins-article-1.994464#ixzz2GJPOVDJF
|publisher=NY Daily News
|accessdate=2012-12-26
}}</ref>


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>
{{REF}}
{{cite web
| url = http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/german-scientists-grow-artificial-skin-cells-baby-foreskins-article-1.994464#ixzz2GJPOVDJF
| title = German scientists grow artificial skin using cells from babies' foreskins
| accessdate = 2012-12-26
| date = 2011-12-20
| publisher = NY Daily News
}}
</ref>


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