ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2024
Engineered Bacteria as Living Biosensors in Dermal Tattoos.
Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Dermal tattoos in biomedicine: Emerging platforms for sensing and therapy.Materials today. Bio · 2026Review
- Hydrogel platforms for engineered live biotherapeutics: materials, microbial integration and clinical potential.RSC pharmaceutics · 2026Review
- Biofilms: from the cradle of life to life support.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2026Review
- Assembling Lipid Membrane Scaffolds on Microgel-Based Artificial Cells through Vesicle Fusion onto the Hydrogel Network.ACS nano · 2026Article
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- Probiotic-Based Materials as Living Therapeutics.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Review
- Microfluidic Production of Spatially Structured Biomimetic Microgels as Compartmentalized Artificial Cells.Small science · 2025Article
- Engineered Bacteria as Living Biosensors in Dermal Tattoos.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Dermal tattoo biosensors are promising platforms for real-time monitoring of biomarkers, with skin used as a diagnostic interface. Traditional tattoo sensors have utilized small molecules as biosensing elements. However, the rise of synthetic biology has enabled the potential employment of engineered bacteria as living analytical tools. Exploiting engineered bacterial sensors will allow for potentially more sensitive detection across a broad biomarker range, with advanced processing and sense/response functionalities using genetic circuits. Here, the interfacing of bacterial biosensors as living analytics in tattoos is shown. Engineered bacteria are encapsulated into micron-scale hydrogel beads prepared through scalable microfluidics. These biosensors can sense both biochemical cues (model biomarkers) and biophysical cues (temperature changes, using RNA thermometers), with fluorescent readouts. By tattooing beads into skin models and confirming sensor activity post-tattooing, our study establishes a foundation for integrating bacteria as living biosensing entities in tattoos.
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