A project led by The Organoid Company, Lab-Grown Leather, and VML aims to create "cruelty-free" purses using leather made from lab-grown skin based on T-Rex collagen. While proponents claim this innovation, experts express skepticism, highlighting the absence of preserved T-Rex DNA and limited understanding of dinosaur skin structure. Critics describe the endeavor as fantastical, noting that collagen, a common protein found in many animals, may not yield the unique qualities expected from T-Rex. Overall, the feasibility of such a project remains under serious question in the scientific community.
"We're unlocking the potential to engineer leather from prehistoric species, starting with the formidable T-Rex," said Che Connon of Lab-Grown Leather.
"I doubt that our knowledge of dinosaur evolution is good enough to be able to design a collagen gene specifically from T. rex," Tom Ellis stated.
"What this company is doing seems to be fantasy... we have NO preserved tyrannosaurid DNA," said Thomas Holtz Jr.
"There are a handful of [tyrannosaurid skin] impressions, but that doesn't let us know what the internal tissue was like," Holtz explained.
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