Chemistry and material science at the cell surface
Volume 13, Issue 4, Page 14–21
| Weian Zhao, Grace Sock Leng Teo, Namit Kumar, Jeffrey M. Karp
Cell surfaces are fertile ground for chemists and material scientists to manipulate or augment cell functions and phenotypes. This not only helps to answer basic biology questions but also has diagnostic and therapeutic applications. In this review, we summarize the most recent advances in the engineering of the cell surface. In particular, we focus on the potential applications of surface engineered cells for 1) targeting cells to desirable sites in cell therapy, 2) programming assembly of cells for tissue engineering, 3) bioimaging and sensing, and ultimately 4) manipulating cell biology.
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DOI: 10.1016/S1369-7021(10)70056-0
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