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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 foreskins from infant circumcision.<ref name='Advanced Biohealing, 2010'>{{REFweb
| quote=Dermagraft is manufactured from human fibroblast cells derived from newborn foreskin tissue. | last= | first= | publisher=Advanced Biohealing, Inc. | yeardate= | title=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'>{{ REFweb
| 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= | title=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'>{{REFweb
| 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 | title=SkinMedica Introduces TNS Recovery Complex | url=http://www.corporate.skinmedica.com/press/2002/skinmedica-launches-tns-recovery-complex | accessdate=2011-03-06
}}</ref>
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. | last= | first= | publisher=MediLexicon International Ltd | date=2011 | title=Dermagraft-TC: General Information: Advanced Tissue Sciences | url=http://www.medilexicon.com/drugs/dermagraft-tc.php#GeneralInformation | accessdate=2011-05-07
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb
| quote=the Food and Drug Administration has approved Dermagraft-TC | last= | first= | publisher=HighBeam Research | date=1997-03-28 | title= 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>
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