ReviewCurrent opinion in chemical biology2021
Toward synthetic life: Biomimetic synthetic cell communication.
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- Devising a divisome for synthetic cells.Nature reviews. Chemistry · 2026Review
- Bottom-Up Coacervate-Based Artificial Cells: Integrating Cellular Hallmarks into Complex Life-Like Systems.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Review
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- Design biology and mind-body health.Journal, genetic engineering & biotechnology · 2025Review
- Spatiotemporal Control Over Protein Release from Artificial Cells via a Light-Activatable Protease.Advanced biology · 2025Article
- Microfluidic Production of Spatially Structured Biomimetic Microgels as Compartmentalized Artificial Cells.Small science · 2025Article
- Cell-Free Gene Expression: Methods and Applications.Chemical reviews · 2025Review
- Dimensions, stability, and deformability of DOPC-cholesterol giant unilamellar vesicles formed by droplet transfer.Open research Europe · 2025Article
- Photoreceptor-Like Signal Transduction Between Polymer-Based Protocells.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025Article
- Biomimetic Materials to Fabricate Artificial Cells.Chemical reviews · 2024Review
- Large-scale-integration and collective oscillations of 2D artificial cells.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Bioactive Hybrids Containing Artificial Cell Membranes and Phyto-Gold-Silver Chloride Bio-Nanoparticles.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Cell-free expression with a quartz crystal microbalance enables rapid, dynamic, and label-free characterization of membrane-interacting proteins.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Building Synthetic Cells─From the Technology Infrastructure to Cellular Entities.ACS synthetic biology · 2024Review
- Artificial cell synthesis using biocatalytic polymerization-induced self-assembly.Nature chemistry · 2024Article
- Evolution and synthetic biology.Current opinion in microbiology · 2023Review
- Rapid Generation of Therapeutic Nanoparticles Using Cell-Free Expression Systems.Small methods · 2023Article
- On biochemical constructors and synthetic cells.Interface focus · 2023Article
- Biomimetic behaviors in hydrogel artificial cells through embedded organelles.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- A Synthetic Signaling Network Imitating the Action of Immune Cells in Response to Bacterial Metabolism.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Engineering synthetic minimal cells provide a controllable chassis for studying the biochemical principles of natural life, increasing our understanding of complex biological processes. Recently, synthetic cell engineering has enabled communication between both natural live cells and other synthetic cells. A system such as these enable studying interactions between populations of cells, both natural and artificial, and engineering small molecule cell communication protocols for a variety of basic research and practical applications. In this review, we summarize recent progress in engineering communication between synthetic and natural cells, and we speculate about the possible future directions of this work.
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