A group of biotech and fashion companies is developing synthetic leather made from lab-engineered T-Rex collagen, aiming to launch luxury accessories this year.
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00:00A group of biotech and fashion companies is developing synthetic leather made from lab-engineered Tyrannosaurus rex collagen, aiming to launch luxury accessories like purses later this year.
00:12The process involves recreating T. rex proteins from fossil fragments and using them to grow skin cells that are then tanned into leather.
00:20This marks the first attempt to produce leather from an extinct species.