Analysis
lab-grown samples Start-up unveils
A UK tissue engineering company is targeting the luxury goods sector with its lab-grown leather solution. Tony Rock reports
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At the Future Fabrics Expo – a biotech fashion event held in London during the summer – the company unveiled bio-engineered samples it says are structurally and genetically identical to traditional leather.
3DBT developed its skin, which took six weeks to grow in a lab, from cells isolated and collected from an adult female horse. It says its patented, serum-free and animal-free cell culture food supplement, City-mix, accelerated tissue production while reducing the cost of the production process.
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D Bio-Tissues (3DBT), a UK-based biotech start-up, has produced a lab-grown leather solution intended for use in the luxury
According to the company, the product can be tanned using either traditional leather production processes or modern ecologically sensitive approaches, “resulting in a material as diverse in colour and appearance as classic leather”. Its skin and leather samples, it says, showcase the potential for new materials to have the same properties, composition and use of farm-based leather. Tanning expertise for the project was provided by the University of Northampton. The project itself was funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through Innovate UK with the support of co-funders, including the Scottish Funding Council, Welsh Government, Invest Northern Ireland, and the Department of Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
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