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 …

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

The increasing prevalence of dry eye syndrome in aging and digital societies compromises
long‐term contact lens (CL) wear and forces users to regular eye drop instillation to alleviate …

Living materials represent a new frontier in functional material design, integrating synthetic
biology tools to endow materials with programmable, dynamic, and life‐like characteristics …

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 …

Abstract 3D bioprinting has become a flexible technical means used in many fields.
Currently, research on 3D bioprinting is mainly focused on the use of mammalian cells to …

The field of living materials seeks to harness living cells as microfactories that can construct
a material itself or enhance the performance of material in some manner. While recent …

Engineered living materials (ELMs) are a novel class of functional materials that typically
feature spatial confinement of living components within an inert polymer matrix to recreate …

A bio‐inspired membrane made of Pluronic L‐121 is produced around Escherichia coli
thanks to the simple co‐extrusion of bacteria and polymer vesicles. The block copolymer …