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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'>{{REFwebQuote
| quote=Dermagraft is manufactured from human fibroblast cells derived from newborn foreskin tissue.
| last=
| first=
| publisher=Advanced Biohealing, Inc.
| year=
| urltitle=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'>{{ REFwebQuote
| 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
| year=
| urltitle=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'>{{REFwebQuote
| 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
| year=2002-02-12
| urltitle=SkinMedica Introduces TNS Recovery Complex
| url=http://www.corporate.skinmedica.com/press/2002/skinmedica-launches-tns-recovery-complex
| accessdate=2011-03-06
}}</ref>
== Earnings ==
Dermagraft-TC is FDA approved,<ref>{{REFwebQuote
| 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
| year=2011
| urltitle=Dermagraft-TC: General Information: Advanced Tissue Sciences
| url=http://www.medilexicon.com/drugs/dermagraft-tc.php#GeneralInformation
| accessdate=2011-05-07
}}</ref><ref>{{REFwebQuote
| quote=the Food and Drug Administration has approved Dermagraft-TC
| last=
| first=
| publisher=HighBeam Research
| year=1997-03-28
| urltitle= 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>
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
| first=Julie
| year=10 May 1993
| title=Biosynthetics
| url=
| editor=
| edition=
| volume=
| chapter=
| pages=170-171
| location=
| publisher=Forbes
| isbn=
| note=The 32-page Advanced Tissue Sciences, Inc. 1997 Annual Report refers to "fibroblasts" but does not contain the word "foreskin."
| accessdate=
}}</ref>
In 1996 alone, Advanced Tissue Sciences could boast of a healthy $663.9 million market capitalization performance.<ref>Biotech's Big Discovery. Hall CT. San Francisco Chronicle. October 25, 1996: E1, E4.</ref>
{{REF}}
[[Category:Financial gain]]
[[Category:From IntactWiki]]
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'>{{REFwebQuote
| quote=Dermagraft is manufactured from human fibroblast cells derived from newborn foreskin tissue.
| last=
| first=
| publisher=Advanced Biohealing, Inc.
| year=
| urltitle=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'>{{ REFwebQuote
| 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
| year=
| urltitle=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'>{{REFwebQuote
| 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
| year=2002-02-12
| urltitle=SkinMedica Introduces TNS Recovery Complex
| url=http://www.corporate.skinmedica.com/press/2002/skinmedica-launches-tns-recovery-complex
| accessdate=2011-03-06
}}</ref>
== Earnings ==
Dermagraft-TC is FDA approved,<ref>{{REFwebQuote
| 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
| year=2011
| urltitle=Dermagraft-TC: General Information: Advanced Tissue Sciences
| url=http://www.medilexicon.com/drugs/dermagraft-tc.php#GeneralInformation
| accessdate=2011-05-07
}}</ref><ref>{{REFwebQuote
| quote=the Food and Drug Administration has approved Dermagraft-TC
| last=
| first=
| publisher=HighBeam Research
| year=1997-03-28
| urltitle= 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>
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
| first=Julie
| year=10 May 1993
| title=Biosynthetics
| url=
| editor=
| edition=
| volume=
| chapter=
| pages=170-171
| location=
| publisher=Forbes
| isbn=
| note=The 32-page Advanced Tissue Sciences, Inc. 1997 Annual Report refers to "fibroblasts" but does not contain the word "foreskin."
| accessdate=
}}</ref>
In 1996 alone, Advanced Tissue Sciences could boast of a healthy $663.9 million market capitalization performance.<ref>Biotech's Big Discovery. Hall CT. San Francisco Chronicle. October 25, 1996: E1, E4.</ref>
{{REF}}
[[Category:Financial gain]]
[[Category:From IntactWiki]]