Dinosaur collagen used to create one-of-a-kind handbag
Scientists and designers unveiled on Thursday a handbag made with collagen derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils from the U.S. in a unique creation intended to demonstrate the value of laboratory-grown leather.
The teal-coloured bag will be displayed on a rock in a cage under a replica of a T. rex at Amsterdam's Art Zoo museum until May 11 after which it will be auctioned, with a reported starting price of more than half a million dollars.
Scientists behind the initiative said the material was developed using ancient protein fragments extracted from dinosaur remains that were inserted into an unidentified animal's cell to produce collagen that was turned into leather.
Reuters
Scientists and designers unveiled on Thursday a handbag made with collagen derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils from the U.S. in a unique creation intended to demonstrate the value of laboratory-grown leather.
The teal-coloured bag will be displayed on a rock in a cage under a replica of a T. rex at Amsterdam's Art Zoo museum until May 11 after which it will be auctioned, with a reported starting price of more than half a million dollars.
Scientists behind the initiative said the material was developed using ancient protein fragments extracted from dinosaur remains that were inserted into an unidentified animal's cell to produce collagen that was turned into leather.
Reuters
Scientists and designers unveiled on Thursday a handbag made with collagen derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils from the U.S. in a unique creation intended to demonstrate the value of laboratory-grown leather.
The teal-coloured bag will be displayed on a rock in a cage under a replica of a T. rex at Amsterdam's Art Zoo museum until May 11 after which it will be auctioned, with a reported starting price of more than half a million dollars.
Scientists behind the initiative said the material was developed using ancient protein fragments extracted from dinosaur remains that were inserted into an unidentified animal's cell to produce collagen that was turned into leather.
Reuters
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Dinosaur collagen used to create one-of-a-kind handbag
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