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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'>{{REFwebQuoteREFweb
| quote=Dermagraft is manufactured from human fibroblast cells derived from newborn foreskin tissue.
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| publisher=Advanced Biohealing, Inc.
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| urltitletitle=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'>{{ REFwebQuoteREFweb
| 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...
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| publisher=Acroposthion.com
| year=
| urltitletitle=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'>{{REFwebQuoteREFweb
| 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.
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| publisher=SkinMedica
| year=2002-02-12
| urltitletitle=SkinMedica Introduces TNS Recovery Complex
| url=http://www.corporate.skinmedica.com/press/2002/skinmedica-launches-tns-recovery-complex
| accessdate=2011-03-06
== Earnings ==
Dermagraft-TC is FDA approved,<ref>{{REFwebQuoteREFweb
| 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.
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| first=
| publisher=MediLexicon International Ltd
| yeardate=2011 | urltitletitle=Dermagraft-TC: General Information: Advanced Tissue Sciences
| url=http://www.medilexicon.com/drugs/dermagraft-tc.php#GeneralInformation
| accessdate=2011-05-07
}}</ref><ref>{{REFwebQuoteREFweb
| quote=the Food and Drug Administration has approved Dermagraft-TC
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| first=
| publisher=HighBeam Research
| yeardate=1997-03-28 | urltitletitle= 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
| last=Pitta
| first=Julie
| yeardate=10 May 1993
| title=Biosynthetics
| url=
| publisher=Forbes
| isbn=
| accessdate=
| note=The 32-page Advanced Tissue Sciences, Inc. 1997 Annual Report refers to "fibroblasts" but does not contain the word "foreskin."
}}</ref>