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Cosmetic testing firm sets up in U.S.

by Marc S. Reisch
September 4, 2017 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 95, Issue 35

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Credit: Genoskin
Genoskin human-skin testing wells.
Six testing wells containing live human skin.
Credit: Genoskin
Genoskin human-skin testing wells.

Genoskin, a French provider of human skin tissue used as an alternative to animal testing, has opened a U.S. office in Boston and is raising funds to set up a U.S. production unit next year. Drug, cosmetic, and chemical companies doing toxicological studies use the firm’s skin models, which are based on tissue harvested from plastic surgery patients. Genoskin is a spin-off from the French National Center for Scientific Research and Paul Sabatier University.

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