Engineering Phages to Fight Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

H Peng, IA Chen, U Qimron - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Facing the global “superbug” crisis due to the emergence and selection for antibiotic
resistance, phages are among the most promising solutions. Fighting multidrug-resistant …

Genetic Code Expansion: Recent Developments and Emerging Applications

Y Huang, P Zhang, H Wang, Y Chen, T Liu… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The concept of genetic code expansion (GCE) has revolutionized the field of chemical and
synthetic biology, enabling the site-specific incorporation of noncanonical amino acids …

[HTML][HTML] A yeast-based oral therapeutic delivers immune checkpoint inhibitors to reduce intestinal tumor burden

ON Rebeck, MJ Wallace, J Prusa, J Ning… - Cell Chemical …, 2025 - cell.com
Engineered probiotics are an emerging platform for in situ delivery of therapeutics to the gut.
Herein, we developed an orally administered, yeast-based therapeutic delivery system to …

Noncanonical Amino Acid Incorporation in Animals and Animal Cells

JC Kim, YJ Kim, S Cho, HS Park - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Noncanonical amino acids (ncAAs) are synthetic building blocks that, when incorporated
into proteins, confer novel functions and enable precise control over biological processes …

Fabricating an advanced electrogenic chassis by activating microbial metabolism and fine-tuning extracellular electron transfer

YY Fan, Q Tang, Y Li, H Sun, M Xu, HQ Yu - Trends in Biotechnology, 2024 - cell.com
Exploiting electrogenic microorganisms as unconventional chassis hosts offers potential
solutions to global energy and environmental challenges. However, their limited …

Xenobiology for the biocontainment of synthetic organisms: opportunities and challenges

L Gómez-Tatay, JM Hernández-Andreu - Life, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Since the development of recombinant DNA technologies, the need to establish biosafety
and biosecurity measures to control genetically modified organisms has been clear …

Engineering stringent genetic biocontainment of yeast with a protein stability switch

SA Hoffmann, Y Cai - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Synthetic biology holds immense promise to tackle key problems in resource use,
environmental remediation, and human health care. However, comprehensive safety …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in biosynthesis of non-canonical amino acids and their potentials in strain engineering

Z Hou, J Tuo, X Ma, YX Huo - Results in Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs), as derivatives of canonical amino acids (cAAs), when
specifically incorporated into proteins, could enrich protein functions. Currently, ncAAs …

Engineering Saccharomyces cerevisiae for medical applications

C Maneira, A Chamas, G Lackner - Microbial cell factories, 2025 - Springer
Background During the last decades, the advancements in synthetic biology opened the
doors for a profusion of cost-effective, fast, and ecologically friendly medical applications …

Synthetic Genomics: Repurposing Biological Systems for Applications in Engineering Biology

X Fu, Y Shen - ACS Synthetic Biology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Substantial improvements in DNA sequencing and synthesis technologies and increased
understanding of genome biology have empowered the development of synthetic genomics …