Dossier
lab-grown leather
Coverage of lab-grown leather in the Nexus archive.
- Lab-grown Tyrannosaurus leather bag fails to sell at auction
A lab-grown Tyrannosaurus leather handbag, promoted as the 'world's first T. rex leather product,' failed to find a buyer at auction. The item's authenticity as dinosaur leather was questioned, with the article posing if it was more chicken than dinosaur.
- Lab-grown Tyrannosaurus leather: More chicken than dinosaur?
A handbag marketed as the world's first T. rex leather product is facing scrutiny from the scientific community regarding its authenticity. Scientists are questioning whether the lab-grown leather actually comes from dinosaur DNA or if it's essentially modified chicken leather.