Biomaterials have evolved from inert materials that lack interaction with the body to
biologically active, instructive materials that host and provide signals to surrounding cells …

Recent advances in synthetic biology and materials science have given rise to a new form of
materials, namely engineered living materials (ELMs), which are composed of living matter …

Synthetic biology applies genetic tools to engineer living cells and organisms analogous to
the programming of machines. In materials synthetic biology, engineering principles from …

Living biological systems, ranging from single cells to whole organisms, can sense, process
information, and actuate in response to changing environmental conditions. Inspired by …

Recent far-reaching advances in synthetic biology have yielded exciting tools for the
creation of new materials. Conversely, advances in the fundamental understanding of soft …

Microorganisms have been extensively applied as active biotherapeutic agents or drug
delivery vehicles for antitumor treatment because of their unparalleled bio-functionalities …

The adhesiveness of hydrogels is urgently required in various biomedical applications such
as medical patches, tissue sealants, and flexible electronic devices. However, biological …

Bacteria can be programmed to create engineered living materials (ELMs) with self-healing
and evolvable functionalities. However, further development of ELMs is greatly hampered by …

Engineered living materials (ELMs) are a new class of materials in which living organism
incorporated into diffusive matrices uptake a fundamental role in material's composition and …

Cholestatic drug‐induced liver injury (DILI) induced by drugs or other xenobiotics is a severe
and even fatal clinical syndrome. Here, living materials of hierarchy‐assembled dual …