Patent US 11,624,055

The present disclosure relates to a method of generating bioartificial reptile leather by in vitro culturing of isolated cells the chorioallantois of hatched reptile eggs. The disclosure allows production of reptile leather without the ethical issues of conventional reptile farming and the trapping and killing of reptiles for their skin. Furthermore the disclosure allows production of reptile leather from species that are not abundantly available as skin products, such as from endangered species.