3D Printing Living Materials With Programmable Ink

3D Printing Living Materials With Programmable Ink

A concept validation study published in Nature Communications reported on a programmable microbial ink for 3D printing of living materials produced from genetically engineered protein nanofibers. This study demonstrated the potential applications of this technology, such as isolating toxic chemicals like bisphenol A (BPA) that appear in the environment. By directly utilizing microorganisms to prepare … Read more

Bacterial Microrobots for Targeted Drug Delivery to Tumors

Bacterial Microrobots for Targeted Drug Delivery to Tumors

In a new study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany combined robotics with biology, equipping Escherichia coli with artificial components to construct biohybrid microrobots. First, they attached several nanoliposomes to each E. coli, which encapsulated indocyanine green (ICG) that melts when exposed to near-infrared light. Moving inward, these nanoliposomes contain … Read more