Ultrasound technologies for imaging and modulating neural activity

C Rabut, S Yoo, RC Hurt, Z Jin, H Li, H Guo, B Ling… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Visualizing and perturbing neural activity on a brain-wide scale in model animals and
humans is a major goal of neuroscience technology development. Established electrical and …

Causal effects of the microbiota on immune-mediated diseases

JL Round, NW Palm - Science immunology, 2018 - science.org
The mammalian immune system has evolved in the presence of a complex community of
indigenous microorganisms that constitutively colonize all barrier surfaces. This intimate …

Biomolecular actuators for genetically selective acoustic manipulation of cells

D Wu, D Baresch, C Cook, Z Ma, M Duan… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The ability to physically manipulate specific cells is critical for the fields of biomedicine,
synthetic biology, and living materials. Ultrasound has the ability to manipulate cells with …

Genomically mined acoustic reporter genes for real-time in vivo monitoring of tumors and tumor-homing bacteria

RC Hurt, MT Buss, M Duan, K Wong, MY You… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Ultrasound allows imaging at a much greater depth than optical methods, but existing
genetically encoded acoustic reporters for in vivo cellular imaging have been limited by poor …

Ultrasound imaging of gene expression in mammalian cells

A Farhadi, GH Ho, DP Sawyer, RW Bourdeau… - Science, 2019 - science.org
The study of cellular processes occurring inside intact organisms requires methods to
visualize cellular functions such as gene expression in deep tissues. Ultrasound is a widely …

Acoustic biosensors for ultrasound imaging of enzyme activity

A Lakshmanan, Z Jin, SP Nety, DP Sawyer… - Nature chemical …, 2020 - nature.com
Visualizing biomolecular and cellular processes inside intact living organisms is a major
goal of chemical biology. However, existing molecular biosensors, based primarily on …

Ultrasensitive ultrasound imaging of gene expression with signal unmixing

DP Sawyer, A Bar-Zion, A Farhadi, S Shivaei, B Ling… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Acoustic reporter genes (ARGs) that encode air-filled gas vesicles enable ultrasound-based
imaging of gene expression in genetically modified bacteria and mammalian cells …

[HTML][HTML] Biogenic nanobubbles for effective oxygen delivery and enhanced photodynamic therapy of cancer

L Song, G Wang, X Hou, S Kala, Z Qiu, KF Wong… - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Tumor hypoxia is believed to be a factor limiting successful outcomes of oxygen-consuming
cancer therapy, thereby reducing patient survival. A key strategy to overcome tumor hypoxia …

New insights for biosensing: Lessons from microbial defense systems

Y Wan, C Zong, X Li, A Wang, Y Li, T Yang… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Microorganisms have gained defense systems during the lengthy process of evolution over
millions of years. Such defense systems can protect them from being attacked by invading …

[HTML][HTML] Gas-filled protein nanostructures as cavitation nuclei for molecule-specific sonodynamic therapy

L Song, X Hou, KF Wong, Y Yang, Z Qiu, Y Wu, S Hou… - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) is a promising alternative for cancer therapy, understood to
exert cytotoxicity through cavitation and subsequent production of large amounts of reactive …