Lab-Grown Leather
Sep-24-12
The founder of PayPal has backed a project with the goal of creating lab-grown leather within five years.The company, called Modern Meadow, will focus on growing leather in a similar process to lab-grown meat but with much less regulatory restrictions. Harvested cells of livestock animals would be genetically modified to improve the leather qualities, multiplied in a bioreactor, and then purified and fused together. As a final step, the cells would be allowed to mature in order to stimulate the collagen production of leather cells.
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Wasn't it called "Corfam?" But seriously, it is hard to compete with a "by-product." You are always the swing producer unless you are better or really a good price--or both.
Posted by Bennett Willis on September 26, 2012
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Wasn't it called "Corfam?" But seriously, it is hard to compete with a "by-product." You are always the swing producer unless you are better or really a good price--or both.
Posted by Bennett Willis on September 26, 2012
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