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Sustainable yarn awarded biotechnology prize
2016-07-01 16:27:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
New York's The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) has been been named the winner of the first Biodesign Challenge (BDC) for its work developing a yarn out of bacteria and fungi that was used to create a sustainable alternative to conventional textiles.
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