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Apligraf is a synthetic skin created from harvested foreskins.<ref>{{REFwebQuoteREFweb
| quote=Human keratinocytes and fibroblasts are derived from neonatal foreskins
| url=http://www.apligraf.com/professional/what_is_apligraf/how_is_it_made/
| title=Apligraf: How Is It Made?
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| publisher=Organogenesis
| yeardate= | urltitle=Apligraf: How Is It Made? | url=http://www.apligraf.com/professional/what_is_apligraf/how_is_it_made/
| accessdate=2011-03-06
}}</ref> It is [[FDA]] approved,<ref>{{REFwebQuoteREFweb
| quote=Apligraf® is the first bio-engineered cell based product to receive FDA approval (in 1998).
| url=http://www.organogenesis.com/products/bioactive_woundhealing/apligraf.html
| title=Apligraf
| last=
| first=
| publisher=Organogenesis
| yeardate= | urltitle=Apligraf | url=http://www.organogenesis.com/products/bioactive_woundhealing/apligraf.html
| accessdate=2011-03-06
}}</ref> and it is made and sold by [[Organogenesis]], which a corporation based in Canton, MA. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. has global marketing rights to Apligraf.