Caltag Medsystems supply both fresh and frozen human skin for use in different applications including: drug permeation, skin irritation, toxicology, and metabolism, as well as primary cell isolation.
In addition, we provide a wide range of skin cells: fibroblasts, keratinocytes, melanocytes and skin subcellular fractions.
1. Skin Samples – Options Available
2. Fresh Skin
3. Frozen Skin
4. Diseased Samples
5. Animal Skin
6. Primary Skin Cells
7. Skin Subcellular Fractions
Skin Samples – Options Available
– Fresh or frozen (abdominal, breast, scalp, plus others upon request)
– Bespoke sample size
– With or without stretchmarks
– Specified number of hair follicles
– Full thickness (with or without adipose tissue) or dermatomed
– Skin discs available in a range of diameters
– Shipped in media specific to your research requirements
For further information about any of the products below, please contact me at techsupport@caltagmedsystems.co.uk.
Fresh Skin
We offer a fresh skin alert service; detailing abdominal, breast, scalp and stratum corneum skin surgeries, allowing scheduling of experiments. Here, we notify recipients of forthcoming cosmetic surgeries as soon as they are made available to us. If you would like to be placed on this alert list and receive updates of scheduled surgeries, please let us know, together with the details of the skin location (scalp, breast etc) of interest.
Frozen Skin
We hold a large inventory of frozen human breast skin, scalp skin, abdominal skin and stratum corneum. Please let me know if you would like to view the current inventories.
Diseased Skin
Caltag Medsystems have established agreements to procure skin samples from patients with psoriasis and dermatitis which are obtained via the gift of tissue and organ donation for research advancements in medical science. All donations are donated in line with the Caltag Medsystems ethical policy. Please contact us with your full requirements.
Animal Skin
Fresh or frozen animal skin, either dermatomed or full thickness for the following species is available: rat, mouse, beagle dog, cynomolgus monkey. Please contact us for further information.
Primary Skin Cells
Caltag Medsystems provide the following primary skin cells:
– Keratinocytes (Bespoke large batches of fresh keratinocytes are available; please email for further information.)
– Fibroblasts
– Melanocytes
– Sebocytes
Skin Subcellular Fractions
Human Skin Mirosomes – product code: MIC401
Human Skin S9 fractions – product code: FRA401
If you have any questions about the above products, please contact the Customer Support Team on office@caltagmedsystems.co.uk or call +44 (0)1280 827460.