Talk:Financial Incentive
Some group that calls itself ATCC sells primary dermal microvascular endothelial cells obtained from neonatal foreskins. The descriptions are as follows:
ATCC® Number: PCS-110-010 Price: $559.00 Name: Primary Dermal Microvascular Endothelial Cells; Normal, Human, Neonatal Biosafety Level: 1 Shipped: frozen Organism: Homo sapiens (human) Source: Neonatal foreskin Growth Properties: Adherent Age: Neonatal Morphology: Cobblestone appearance Number of Viable Cells per Vial: ≥ 500,000 in cryopreservation medium Volume per Vial: 1 ml
More info at: http://www.atcc.org/ATCCAdvancedCatalogSearch/ProductDetails/tabid/452/Default.aspx?ATCCNum=PCS-110-010&Template=primaryCells
Coriell Institute for Medical Research sells epidermal keratinocytes derived from neonatal foreskins.
Price: $250
Product Summary Description Epidermal keratinocytes - pooled, cultures established on collagen IV Derivation Neonatal foreskins Product 1,250,000 viable cells frozen/ampule State Cryopreserved Donor Pooled Passage level First Recommended medium Defined keratinocyte serum-free medium Recommended substrate Collagen IV 0.5-1.0 µg/cm2 Positive marker Morphology through serial passage Lifespan after recovery CPD = cumulative population doublings. See lot information Comments Test negative for HIV-1, hepatitis B, mycoplasma, bacteria, yeast and fungi Shipping Shipped frozen
More info at: http://ccr.coriell.org/Sections/Search/NHFK.aspx?Ref=NHFK&PgId=202
This should go on this page, and these companies need to have their own profiles.
Other cosmetics companies to investigate
According to this article, Estee Lauder, Helene Curtis, and Mary Kay Cosmetics, use babies’ foreskins in their products as well. We need to look into these.
http://www.acroposthion.com/acroposthion_019.htm
Orly21 07:49, 10 March 2011 (CST)
Might be something looking into: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/german-scientists-growing-skin-baby-foreskins-202956126.html Orly21 21:11, 20 December 2011 (CST)
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