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ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2026

Next-generation programmable cell therapies for precision medicine.

Ana Palma Teixeira, Dominique Aubel, Martin Fussenegger

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Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ana Palma TeixeiraDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9208-8737
Dominique AubelDépartement Génie Biologique, IUTA, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France.
Martin FusseneggerDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland. martin.fussenegger@bsse.ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8545-667X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engineered cell therapies are transforming precision medicine by enabling real-time, context-responsive interventions that act upon disease-specific cues. Inspired by the success of CAR-T cells in oncology, next-generation platforms are being developed using diverse immune cells and stem cells to address a broader spectrum of diseases. These living therapeutics harness synthetic gene circuits to induce targeted cytotoxicity, to modulate the secretion of effector proteins or to coordinate both functions in response to endogenous signals or externally delivered molecular and physical triggers. Ex vivo engineering of autologous cells remains the norm, but challenges in scalability, cost and accessibility are fuelling efforts towards allogeneic products and in vivo reprogramming. Advances in targeted delivery - using viral vectors, mRNA-loaded nanoparticles and virus-like particles - are expanding the toolkit for direct programming of cells within the body. This Review discusses emerging strategies for engineering human cells with therapeutic functions, highlighting modular control systems, delivery innovations and the translational hurdles that lie ahead.

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Cell- and Tissue-Based TherapyCell EngineeringPrecision MedicineAnimalsHumans

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