Treatment OKd for Venous Leg Ulcers
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A new product made of human skin cells won FDA approval for use in treating certain kinds of wounds. The product, called Apligraf, is made of live cells from the foreskin of a newborn’s penis mixed with collagen cells from a cow. It is made by Canton, Mass.-based Organogenesis. The Food and Drug Administration said it had approved the product for use in treating venous skin ulcers, which are hard to heal because of a lack of blood flow to the skin.
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