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 …

Checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionized cancer therapy but only work in a subset of
patients and can lead to a multitude of toxicities, suggesting the need for more targeted …

Vast potential exists for the development of novel, engineered platforms that manipulate
biology for the production of programmed advanced materials. Such systems would possess …

Cells interact with their environment, communicate among themselves, track time and make
decisions through functions controlled by natural regulatory genetic circuits consisting of …

Organoid systems leverage the self-organizing properties of stem cells to create diverse
multi-cellular tissue proxies. Most organoid models only represent single or partial …

Synthetic biology aims to develop engineering-driven approaches to the programming of
cellular functions that could yield transformative technologies. Synthetic gene circuits that …

Our ability to generate bacterial strains with unique and increasingly complex functions has
rapidly expanded in recent times. The capacity for DNA synthesis is increasing and costing …

Within the past 5 years, tremendous advances have been made to maximize the
performance of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for both “clean” bioenergy production and …