The evolution of synthetic receptor systems

J Manhas, HI Edelstein, JN Leonard… - Nature chemical biology, 2022 - nature.com
Receptors enable cells to detect, process and respond to information about their
environments. Over the past two decades, synthetic biologists have repurposed physical …

[HTML][HTML] Safety switches for adoptive cell therapy

AC Sahillioglu, TN Schumacher - Current opinion in immunology, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Synthetic biology tools enable reversible and dose dependent control of cell
products.•Drug responsive switches modulate endogenous and transduced antigen receptor …

Synergies between therapeutic ultrasound, gene therapy and immunotherapy in cancer treatment

N Zhang, J Wang, J Foiret, Z Dai, KW Ferrara - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the ease of use and excellent safety profile, ultrasound is a promising technique for
both diagnosis and site-specific therapy. Ultrasound-based techniques have been …

Externally-controlled systems for immunotherapy: from bench to bedside

M Tristán-Manzano, P Justicia-Lirio… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Immunotherapy is a very promising therapeutic approach against cancer that is particularly
effective when combined with gene therapy. Immuno-gene therapy approaches have led to …

Mechanogenetics for cellular engineering and cancer immunotherapy

L Zhu, Y Wu, CW Yoon, Y Wang - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent synthetic biology advancements have shown that cells can be engineered to
respond to external stimuli such as chemical compounds and light, which significantly …