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Shoes, belts and handbags made with leather grown in the lab, not on a cow, may be available for purchase within five years, according to a biotech company that’s aiming to disrupt the livestock industry.

The company, Modern Meadow, made headlines in August when PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel’s foundation announced a six-figure investment in the company’s 3-D bioprinting technology to produce meat and leather.

Chief executive and cofounder Andras Forgacs recently described Modern Meadow’s goals in an interview with the Txchnologist, an online magazine published in partnership with GE.