Engineering bacteria as interactive cancer therapies

CR Gurbatri, N Arpaia, T Danino - Science, 2022 - science.org
With increasing evidence that microbes colonize tumors, synthetic biology tools are being
leveraged to repurpose bacteria as tumor-specific delivery systems. These engineered …

Advances in bacterial cancer therapies using synthetic biology

T Chien, A Doshi, T Danino - Current opinion in systems biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Synthetic biology aims to apply engineering principles to biology by modulating the behavior
of living organisms. An emerging application of this field is the engineering of bacteria as a …

Bacterial therapies at the interface of synthetic biology and nanomedicine

J Hahn, S Ding, J Im, T Harimoto, KW Leong… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Bacteria are emerging as living drugs to treat a broad range of disease indications.
However, the inherent advantages of these replicating and immunostimulatory therapies …

Programmable bacteria induce durable tumor regression and systemic antitumor immunity

S Chowdhury, S Castro, C Coker, TE Hinchliffe… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Synthetic biology is driving a new era of medicine through the genetic programming of living
cells,. This transformative approach allows for the creation of engineered systems that …

Engineered microbial systems for advanced drug delivery

H Shen, N Aggarwal, KS Wun, YS Lee… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
The human body is a natural habitat for a multitude of microorganisms, with bacteria being
the major constituent of the microbiota. These bacteria colonize discrete anatomical …

Tumour-targeting bacteria engineered to fight cancer

S Zhou, C Gravekamp, D Bermudes, K Liu - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
Recent advances in targeted therapy and immunotherapy have once again raised the hope
that a cure might be within reach for many cancer types. Yet, most late-stage cancers are …

Bacteria as vectors for gene therapy of cancer

CK Baban, M Cronin, D O'Hanlon… - Bioengineered …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Anti-cancer therapy faces major challenges, particularly in terms of specificity of treatment.
The ideal therapy would eradicate tumour cells selectively with minimum side effects on …

Ultrasound-controllable engineered bacteria for cancer immunotherapy

MH Abedi, MS Yao, DR Mittelstein, A Bar-Zion… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Rapid advances in synthetic biology are driving the development of genetically engineered
microbes as therapeutic agents for a multitude of human diseases, including cancer. The …

Bioengineering of bacteria for cancer immunotherapy

DH Nguyen, A Chong, Y Hong, JJ Min - nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Here, we provide a brief overview of the approaches and strategies underlying bacteria-
based cancer immunotherapy (BCiT). We also describe and summarize research in the field …

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 …