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Partnership to create first T-Rex leather

https://www.vml.com/news/vml-lab-grown-leather-ltd-and-the-organoid-company-announce-partnership-to-create-worlds-first-t-rex-leather
2•gnabgib•9mo ago

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gryfft•9mo ago
> Using fossilized T-Rex collagen as a blueprint, the production process will involve engineering cells with synthetic DNA, designed by The Organoid Company, which are then integrated into Lab-Grown Leather's Elemental-X™ product stream. Unlike other bio-based alternatives, Lab-Grown Leather’s "scaffold-free" approach allows cells to create their own natural structure, resulting in a material that is structurally identical to traditional leather.

It's unclear to me the degree to which using collagen as a 'blueprint' makes this Tyrannosaurus leather, but it's a fun marketing gimmick. Jurassic Purse.