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3 companies plan to use T-Rex collagen to create an alternative to traditional leather

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Three companies have joined forces to develop a new luxury alternative to traditional leather.

The goal: to create a cruelty-free, environmentally friendly, high-quality alternative to leather, purportedly using Tyrannosaurus rex DNA.

Collagen is an abundant protein in all animals, and provides structural support to muscles, bones, skin, and connective tissues.

VML, Lab-Grown Leather Ltd. , and The Organoid Company’s alternative leather will be reconstructed T. rex skin.

The companies plan to start with fashion accessories, then scale up to a luxury flagship product by the end of the year .

They hope to bring their alternative leather into other sectors, including the automotive industry.

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https://lab-grown-leather.com/elementalx/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2587658/https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-chemists-explain-why-dinosaur-collagen-survived-millions-years-0904#:~:text=Collagen%2C%20a%20protein%20found%20in%20bones%20and,fossils%20as%20old%20as%20195%20million%20years.&text=In%20the%20past%20decade%2C%20paleobiologists%20have%20found,that%20is%20nearly%20200%20million%20years%20old.https://tcaproject.net/portfolio/victimless-leather/https://www.worldwildlife.org/magazine/issues/fall-2024/articles/what-is-the-environmental-impact-of-leather#:~:text=Leather%20is%20a%20byproduct%20of,fire%20risk%2C%20and%20soil%20erosion.https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/possible-dinosaur-dna-has-been-found/https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4684-7636-1_2 https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/23089-collagen https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/the-next-killer-fashion-item-a-handbag-made-from-t-rex-leather-7vxfwr5df https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Genetic-Code#:~:text=Genetic%20code%20refers%20to%20the,each%20position%20within%20a%20protein.https://www.vml.com/news/vml-lab-grown-leather-ltd-and-the-organoid-company-announce-partnership-to-create-worlds-first-t-rex-leather

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