The global preclinical antibacterial pipeline

U Theuretzbacher, K Outterson, A Engel… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Antibacterial resistance is a great concern and requires global action. A critical question is
whether enough new antibacterial drugs are being discovered and developed. A review of …

Bacteria-cancer interactions: bacteria-based cancer therapy

MTQ Duong, Y Qin, SH You, JJ Min - Experimental & molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
Recent advances in cancer therapeutics, such as targeted therapy and immunotherapy,
have raised the hope for cures for many cancer types. However, there are still ongoing …

Construction of a sustainable 3-hydroxybutyrate-producing probiotic Escherichia coli for treatment of colitis

X Yan, XY Liu, D Zhang, YD Zhang, ZH Li… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Colitis is a common disease of the colon that is very difficult to treat. Probiotic bacteria could
be an effective treatment. The probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (EcN) was engineered …

Microcins in Enterobacteriaceae: Peptide Antimicrobials in the Eco-Active Intestinal Chemosphere

F Baquero, VF Lanza, MR Baquero… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Microcins are low-molecular-weight, ribosomally produced, highly stable, bacterial-inhibitory
molecules involved in competitive, and amensalistic interactions between …

Intratumor microbiome in cancer progression: current developments, challenges and future trends

J Liu, Y Zhang - Biomarker Research, 2022 - Springer
Cancer is a complicated disease attributed to multifactorial changes, which causes
difficulties with treatment strategies. Various factors have been regarded as the main …

Synthetic systems powered by biological molecular motors

G Saper, H Hess - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biological molecular motors (or biomolecular motors for short) are nature's solution to the
efficient conversion of chemical energy to mechanical movement. In biological systems …

Synthetic biology-inspired cell engineering in diagnosis, treatment, and drug development

N Zhao, Y Song, X ** synthetic biology (SB) has provided many genetic tools to reprogram
and engineer cells for improved performance, novel functions, and diverse applications …

Genetic circuit design automation for the gut resident species Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

M Taketani, J Zhang, S Zhang, AJ Triassi… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron is a human-associated bacterium that holds promise for
delivery of therapies in the gut microbiome. Therapeutic bacteria would benefit from the …

Engineering probiotics for therapeutic applications: recent examples and translational outlook

N Aggarwal, AME Breedon, CM Davis, IY Hwang… - Current opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Probiotics can be engineered to develop live biotherapeutics in case of no
efficacy of the wild-type strains.•Probiotics have been engineered to treat diseases such as …

Coculture of primary human colon monolayer with human gut bacteria

J Zhang, V Hernandez-Gordillo, M Trapecar, C Wright… - Nature protocols, 2021 - nature.com
The presence of microbes in the colon impacts host physiology. Therefore, microbes are
being evaluated as potential treatments for colorectal diseases. Humanized model systems …