Now we can make synthetic collagen that's longer than natural collagen. We just don't have to take what nature gives us. We can make it longer and stronger. |
Up until now, no matter what we did, all three helixes (the amino-acid chains) in synthesized collagen ended up the same length. That produced blunt ends that couldn't latch on to other collagen fibers. |
We can make collagen that duplicates nature exactly, but we can diverge from that when it is desirable. |