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    Plastic-free vegan leather that dyes itself grown from bacteria

    2024-04-08T13:29:00Z

    Researchers at Imperial College London have genetically engineered bacteria to grow animal- and plastic-free leather that dyes itself. In recent years, scientists and companies have started using microbes to grow sustainable textiles or to make dyes for industry – but this is the first time bacteria have been engineered to ...