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

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

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 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 …

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 …

The field of engineered living materials aims to construct functional materials with desirable
properties of natural living systems. A recent study demonstrated the programmed self …

Hydrogels are cross-linked networks of hydrophilic polymer chains with a three-dimensional
structure. Owing to their unique features, the application of hydrogels for …