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Biofilm‐Binding Phages Enhance Biofilm Eradication by Synergistic Photothermal and Photodynamic Therapy

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Engineered phage‐based trifunctional nanofibers are developed for synergistic biofilm eradication. Biofilm‐binding phages, armed with AuNPs and TCPP, serve as both warheads and scaffolds, endowing the phototherapy agents with biofilm‐anchoring ability. Upon light irradiation, AuNPs induce photothermal therapy, while TCPP generates 1O2 for photodynamic ...
Ying Cao, Tao Yang, Rui Wang, Hui‐Da Li, Xiao‐Yu Zhang, Feng Cheng, Ying Liu, Jian‐Hua Wang, Ting Yang, Chuanbin Mao   +9 more
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Optimization of B Cell Responses in Human Immune System Mice Through Organoid Based Screening

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Human immune system (HIS) mice show limited B cell responses to immunization. Using HIS mouse spleen organoids, this study identifies cytokine combinations and innate immune signals that drive human B cell expansion, differentiation, and class‐switch. Applying these signals in vivo through temporal separation enables antigen‐specific IgG responses and ...
Haiqiao Sun, He Li, Xu Zhu, Zijian Zhang, Deshan Ren, Shuai Ding, Yan Li   +6 more
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The Role of Bacteriophage-Derived Small RNA Molecules in Bacterial and Phage Interactions

Viruses
Small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) play a critical role in bacterial gene expression, modulating various cellular processes, including stress responses, metabolism, virulence, and many others.
Natalia Lewandowska, Sylwia Bloch, Aleksandra Łukasiak, Wojciech Wesołowski, Grzegorz Węgrzyn, Bożena Nejman-Faleńczyk   +5 more
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Engineering Microbial Particles for Next‐Generation Biomedical Platforms

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Microbe‐derived particles (MDPs), which include extracellular vesicles, outer membrane vesicles, inclusion bodies, polysaccharide particles, and virus‐like particles, represent a rapidly expanding category of bioinspired nanomaterials. With their natural origin, intrinsic biocompatibility, and highly programmable functionality, MDPs serve as a ...
Yuting Li, Yunjie Lu, Ziyan Huang, Jianjiang Chen, Yanbin Liu, Lei Qin, Chao Wang, Yumin Wu   +7 more
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Phage Endolysins as Promising and Effective Candidates for Use Against Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Viruses
The presented in silico and phylogenetic analysis of putative endolysins potentially produced by phages infecting uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) demonstrates their remarkable diversity.
Wojciech Wesołowski, Aleksandra Łukasiak, Sylwia Bloch, Kaja Kuligowska, Julia Neumann, Natalia Lewandowska, Emilia Węglińska, Grzegorz Węgrzyn, Bożena Nejman-Faleńczyk   +8 more
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PlantGFM: A Genomic Foundation Model for Discovery and Creation of Plant Genes

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A plant genomic foundation model pre‐trained on 12 species enables both accurate gene prediction and de novo gene design. Through AI‐human knowledge screening, seven designed sequences showed transcriptional activity in plants, with two expressing stable proteins—demonstrating the first DNA‐RNA‐protein expression of LLM‐generated genes in plants and ...
Changhao Li, Qizhe Zhang, Hanchen Chen, Kepeng Lin, Chengfang Luo, Mengying Yang, Wei Xu, Fan Yao, Jianbing Yan, Qing‐Yong Yang, Xuehai Hu   +10 more
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AI‐Designed Cyclic Peptides Enable Controllable Modulation of the CD28 Immune Checkpoint

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
AI‐designed cyclic peptides enable controllable modulation of the CD28 immune checkpoint through reversible disruption of CD28‐CD80/CD86 interactions. The lead peptide, CIP‐3, suppresses T‐cell activation without intrinsic agonist activity, demonstrates dose‐dependent efficacy in a murine colitis model, and attenuates inflammatory cytokine production ...
Katarzyna Kuncewicz, Saurabh Upadhyay, Renjie Zhu, Hongliang Duan, Moustafa T. Gabr   +4 more
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Microblasting Wound Dressings Mechanically Disrupt Polymicrobial Biofilms to Enhance Healing in Treatment‐Resistant Wounds

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Treatment‐resistant wounds caused by polymicrobial biofilms are refractory to conventional therapies due to the dense extracellular matrices. We developed μBLAST, a microblasting wound dressing that combines MnO2‐doped biosilica and a H2O2‐releasing mesh to generate localized oxygen microbubbles that mechanically disrupt biofilms.
Yujin Ahn, Joo Hun Lee, Christian Hurd, Jiye Lee, Junggeon Park, Adam A. Markowicz, Zheyuan Zhang, Joanne Hwang, Guillermo L. Monroy, Simon A. Rogers, Woonggyu Jung, Stephen A. Boppart, Hyunjoon Kong   +12 more
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CREAT: A CRISPR‐Based Genome Trimming Strategy for Systematic Identification of Dispensable Regions and Rapid Genome Reduction

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Current genome‐reduction methods work in a trial‐and‐error fashion, constituting a long‐standing bottleneck in the research. We developed CREAT (CRISPR‐based genome trimming with a multi‐homology‐arm template), a CRISPR‐based genetic approach that enables systematically classifying essential versus non‐essential genomic regions and subsequently ...
Guanhua Yuan, Zhe Gao, Yingxuan Qi, Yang Zhang, Xuhui Tian, Pengpeng Zhao, Xu Feng, Qunxin She   +7 more
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In Vivo Emergence of Podovirus Resistance via tarS Mutation During Phage-Antibiotic Treatment of Experimental MSSA Endocarditis

Viruses
Phage therapy shows promise as an adjunct to antibiotics for treating Staphylococcus aureus infections. We previously reported a combined flucloxacillin/two-phage cocktail treatment selected for resistance to podovirus phage 66 in a rodent model of ...
Jérémy Cherbuin, Jonathan Save, Emma Osswald, Grégory Resch   +3 more
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