Recent progress of supramolecular chemotherapy based on host–guest interactions

M Yan, S Wu, Y Wang, M Liang, M Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Chemotherapy is widely recognized as an effective approach for treating cancer due to its
ability to eliminate cancer cells using chemotherapeutic drugs. However, traditional …

Proximity-based modalities for biology and medicine

X Liu, A Ciulli - ACS Central Science, 2023 - ACS Publications
Molecular proximity orchestrates biological function, and blocking existing proximities is an
established therapeutic strategy. By contrast, strengthening or creating neoproximity with …

Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3

J Abramson, J Adler, J Dunger, R Evans, T Green… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The introduction of AlphaFold 21 has spurred a revolution in modelling the structure of
proteins and their interactions, enabling a huge range of applications in protein modelling …

Smart and bioinspired systems for overcoming biological barriers and enhancing disease theranostics

X Li, Y Gao, H Li, JP Majoral, X Shi, A Pich - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanomedicine has emerged as a promising mean to improve theranostic efficacy and
reduce side effects. Currently, only very small percentage of injected dose reaches the solid …

Enhancing in situ cancer vaccines using delivery technologies

N Gong, MG Alameh, R El-Mayta, L Xue… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2024 - nature.com
In situ cancer vaccination refers to any approach that exploits tumour antigens available at a
tumour site to induce tumour-specific adaptive immune responses. These approaches hold …

Intracellular bacteria in cancer—Prospects and debates

L Schorr, M Mathies, E Elinav, J Puschhof - npj Biofilms and …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent evidence suggests that some human cancers may harbor low-biomass microbial
ecosystems, spanning bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Bacteria, the most-studied kingdom in …

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 …

Mechanism of bacterial predation via ixotrophy

YW Lien, D Amendola, KS Lee, N Bartlau, J Xu… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Ixotrophy is a contact-dependent predatory strategy of filamentous bacteria in aquatic
environments for which the molecular mechanism remains unknown. We show that predator …

Past, present, and future of CRISPR genome editing technologies

M Pacesa, O Pelea, M Jinek - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Genome editing has been a transformative force in the life sciences and human medicine,
offering unprecedented opportunities to dissect complex biological processes and treat the …

AlphaFold two years on: Validation and impact

O Kovalevskiy, J Mateos-Garcia… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Two years on from the initial release of AlphaFold, we have seen its widespread adoption as
a structure prediction tool. Here, we discuss some of the latest work based on AlphaFold …