Engineered Living Materials for Advanced Diseases Therapy
Dong Xue, Wei Wu, Pei Pan, Xian‐Zheng Zhang
Abstract
Natural living materials serving as biotherapeutics exhibit great potential for treating various diseases owing to their immunoactivity, tissue targeting, and other biological activities. In this review, the recent developments in engineered living materials, including mammalian cells, bacteria, viruses, fungi, microalgae, plants, and their active derivatives that are used for treating various diseases are summarized. Further, the future perspectives and challenges of such engineered living material-based biotherapeutics are discussed to provide considerations for future advances in biomedical applications.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceNanotechnologyEngineering ethicsIntensive care medicineMedicineEngineeringGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics