Materials design by synthetic biology

TC Tang, B An, Y Huang, S Vasikaran, Y Wang… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Synthetic biology applies genetic tools to engineer living cells and organisms analogous to
the programming of machines. In materials synthetic biology, engineering principles from …

Engineered living hydrogels

X Liu, ME Inda, Y Lai, TK Lu, X Zhao - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Living biological systems, ranging from single cells to whole organisms, can sense, process
information, and actuate in response to changing environmental conditions. Inspired by …

Self-tunable engineered yeast probiotics for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

BM Scott, C Gutierrez-Vazquez, LM Sanmarco… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a complex chronic inflammatory disorder of the
gastrointestinal tract. Extracellular adenosine triphosphate (eATP) produced by the …

Flexible patch with printable and antibacterial conductive hydrogel electrodes for accelerated wound healing

C Wang, X Jiang, HJ Kim, S Zhang, X Zhou, Y Chen… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrical stimulation can facilitate wound healing with high efficiency and limited side
effects. However, current electrical stimulation devices have poor conformability with …

Wearable bioelectronics for chronic wound management

C Wang, E Shirzaei Sani, W Gao - Advanced functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic wounds are a major healthcare issue and can adversely affect the lives of millions
of patients around the world. The current wound management strategies have limited clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Biosynthesis of natural and halogenated plant monoterpene indole alkaloids in yeast

SA Bradley, BJ Lehka, FG Hansson… - Nature Chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
Monoterpenoid indole alkaloids (MIAs) represent a large class of plant natural products with
marketed pharmaceutical activities against a wide range of indications, including cancer …

Living materials with programmable functionalities grown from engineered microbial co-cultures

C Gilbert, TC Tang, W Ott, BA Dorr, WM Shaw… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
Biological systems assemble living materials that are autonomously patterned, can self-
repair and can sense and respond to their environment. The field of engineered living …

Biological engineered living materials: growing functional materials with genetically programmable properties

C Gilbert, T Ellis - ACS synthetic biology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Natural biological materials exhibit remarkable properties: self-assembly from simple raw
materials, precise control of morphology, diverse physical and chemical properties, self …

[HTML][HTML] Customizing cellular signal processing by synthetic multi-level regulatory circuits

Y Gao, L Wang, B Wang - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
As synthetic biology permeates society, the signal processing circuits in engineered living
systems must be customized to meet practical demands. Towards this mission, novel …

Genetically encoded biosensors for microbial synthetic biology: from conceptual frameworks to practical applications

W Yu, X Xu, K Jin, Y Liu, J Li, G Du, X Lv, L Liu - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Genetically encoded biosensors are the vital components of synthetic biology and metabolic
engineering, as they are regarded as powerful devices for the dynamic control of genotype …