Reply #72: Scientific uses for severed foreskins [View All]

[corksean]

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/improbable/0,12186,1078493,00.html

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Fuller's patent (US 5589161) for using foreskins to test skin-tanning solutions is the ne plus ultra on how to use foreskins to test skin-tanning solutions. One of his main aims, his website informs us, is "to develop skincare products that can stimulate melanin production (tanning) in fair-skinned individuals". Five of his 11 foreskin-related patents, though, are about how to make skin become lighter. The newest, called "Method for Causing Skin Lightening", features a 1,300-word exposition about foreskins.

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And on a more serious note.....

Male circumcision reduces HIV risk by 60%, says study

A study into the spread of HIV, the virus that leads to Aids, has found that male circumcision significantly protects men from picking up the infection.

The finding, though cautiously welcomed, presents a headache for health officials who fear that communities where male circumcision is common might neglect more effective protective measures such as using condoms and reducing their number of sexual partners.

The study, which followed infection rates in more than 3,000 heterosexual men over nearly two years, found that circumcision reduced a man's risk of acquiring HIV by 60%

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,3605,1599979,00.html