Your next jacket could be made from a DINOSAUR: Scientists are using fossilised collagen to create the world's first T.Rex leather

A team of scientists will 'combine creative innovation, genomic engineering and advanced tissue engineering to start producing sustainable luxury materials from prehistoric species'. It builds on previous research which involved extracting a fragment of collagen from a T.Rex fossil, found in 1988 in Montana. It was one of the most complete specimens at the time of its discovery, and even contained preserved blood proteins. Now, experts will use this fragment to artificially recreate what a full-length T.Rex collagen sequence would have looked like. Once they have made sure it looks genetically similar to that of the T.Rex ancestors, they will...