Foreskin tissue harvesting

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Infant foreskins collected through forced circumcisions are harvested for use by many industries. Dermagraft and Apligraf are major supplies of foreskin-derived products.

Cosmetics

SkinMedica

Skin grafts

Burn victims

Baldness cures

Diabetes patients

Aging diabetes patients whose wounds don't heal are being treated successfuly by grafting infant foreskins onto the wounded area.[1]

References

  1.   Ruggles, Rick (17 December 2013). Tissues made of cells from foreskin of circumcised babies speed diabetic wound healing [Gewebe aus Zellen aus der Vorhaut beschnittener Babys beschleunigen die diabetische Wundheilung] (Englisch), archive.org, livewell Nebraska. Retrieved 12 March 2020.