A dinosaur under arm: we could soon show off T-Rex leather bags (?)

How it would be to touch or even wear skin of dinosaur? Jurassic ParkAfter all, he had warned us. Prehistoric creatures could return, not only to the cinema. And they could do it in the most way fashion, or in the form of bags.

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Yes, you read that right: a team of visionaries decided to challenge the limits of the impossible, or to create Luxury skin from the DNA of a T-Rex. Thanks to the collaboration between VML, The Organoid Company (leading company in genomic engineering) and Lab-Grown Leather, The bioengineering skin of the ancient king of the Cretaceous could enter into production. Can it work? From the marketing point of view, surely.

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Just as happens in the famous film of the 90s directed by Steven Spielberg, the research that could lead to recreating the skin of the dinosaurs are based on the extraction of a fragment of collagen from a T-Rex fossil, Found in 1988 in Montana, one of the most complete specimens at the time of its discovery containing even blood proteins.

Courtesy VML.

Courtesy VML.

Now the experts will use this fragment to artificially recreate the appearance that would have a complete sequence of collagen of the animal which will then integrate into skin cells grown in the laboratory. Al Daily Mail Thomas Mitchell, CEO of The Organoid Company, said: “This project is an extraordinary example of how we can exploit cutting -edge genetic and protein engineering to create completely new materials”.

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Bas Korsten, VML’s Global Chief Creative Officer, added: “With the skin of the dinosaur we use the biology of the past to create the luxury materials of the future”. The first uses should focus on accessories, with the ambition to produce a fashionable item deluxe as a top commercial product by the end of 2025. The Jurassic Bag will be completely biodegradable, while maintaining durability, reparactability and tactility traditional skin. «It would offer a sustainable alternative e cruelty-free for future generations of consumers, who demand both innovation that environmental responsibility“Said the team that is working on the project.

Courtesy VML.

Courtesy VML.

In short, could we really bring a T-Rex one day?

Source: Vanity Fair

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