Engineering Cyborg Bacteria Through Intracellular Hydrogelation (Adv. Sci. 9/2023)

Cyborg Cells The cover image shows how assembling a man-made polymer matrix inside bacteria creates semi-living entities termed Cyborg Cells. The Cyborg Cells are programmable, do not divide, preserve essential cellular activities, and gain non-native abilities. More details can be found in article number 2204175 by Che-Ming J. Hu, Cheemeng Tan, and co-workers.