Existing at the interface of biology and electronics, living cells have been in use as
biorecognition elements (bioreceptors) in biosensors since the early 1970s. They are an …

The recent events of outbreaks related to different respiratory viruses in the past few years,
exponentiated by the pandemic caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Engineered bacteria for therapeutic applications would benefit from control mechanisms that
confine the growth of the bacteria within specific tissues or regions in the body. Here we …

Cell‐based biosensors offer cheap, portable and simple methods of detecting molecules of
interest but have yet to be truly adopted commercially. Issues with their performance and …

Water contamination by pathogenic bacteria is a major public health concern globally.
Monitoring bacterial contamination in water is critically important to protect human health …

Early cancer detection is crucial for effective treatment, but current methods have limitations.
Novel biomaterials, such as hydrogels, offer promising alternatives for developing …

Cultivated meat is emerging to replace traditional livestock industries, which have ecological
costs, including land and water overuse and considerable carbon emissions. During …

Fermentation Microbiology and Biotechnology, 4th Edition explores and illustrates the broad
array of metabolic pathways employed for the production of primary and secondary …

Whole-cell biosensors can form the basis of affordable, easy-to-use diagnostic tests that can
be readily deployed for point-of-care (POC) testing, but to date the detection of analytes such …

In vivo biosensors can recognize and respond to specific cellular stimuli. In recent years,
biosensors have been increasingly used in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology …