Combating Infectious Diseases with Synthetic Biology

Over the past decades, there have been numerous outbreaks, including parasitic, fungal, bacterial, and viral infections, worldwide. The rate at which infectious diseases are emerging is disproportionate to the rate of development for new strategies that could combat them. Therefore, there is an increasing demand to develop novel, specific, sensitive, and effective methods for infectious disease diagnosis and treatment. Designed synthetic systems and devices are becoming powerful tools to treat human diseases. The advancement in synthetic biology offers efficient, accurate, and cost-effective platforms for detecting and preventing infectious diseases. Herein we focus on the latest state of living theranostics and its implications.

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In recent decades, there have been numerous outbreaks of various infectious diseases worldwide, outpacing the development of effective strategies to combat them. This has led to an increasing demand for the development of novel, specific, sensitive, and effective methods for diagnosing and treating infectious diseases. Synthetic biology has emerged as a powerful tool, offering efficient, accurate, and cost-effective platforms for detecting and preventing infectious diseases. This article focuses on the latest advancements in theranostics and its implications.