Genetically modified microorganisms (GMMs) can enable a wide range of important
applications including environmental sensing and responsive engineered living materials …

Engineered living materials have the potential for wide-ranging applications such as
biosensing and treatment of diseases. Programmable cells provide the functional basis for …

The increasing use of engineered organisms for industrial, clinical, and environmental
applications poses a growing risk of spreading hazardous biological entities into the …

The ability of bacteria to sense their surroundings can be employed to measure the
bioavailability and toxicity of pollutants. However, long-term maintenance of both viability …

Bacteria can be genetically programmed to sense and report the presence of disease
biomarkers in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. However, diagnostic bacteria are typically …

Most mono-and co-culture bioprocess applications rely on large-scale suspension
fermentation technologies that are not easily portable, reusable, or suitable for on-demand …

Living bacteria therapies have been proposed as an alternative approach to treating a broad
array of cancers. In this study, we developed a genetically encoded microbial encapsulation …

Materials can be made multifunctional by embedding them with living cells that perform
sensing, synthesis, energy production, and physical movement. A challenge is that the …

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are commonly used to produce valuable
compounds in closed industrial systems. However, their emerging applications in open …

Future advances in therapeutics demand the development of dynamic and intelligent living
materials. The past static monofunctional materials shall be unable to meet the requirements …