Abstract
Next generation microbe‐based therapeutics, inspired by the success of fecal microbiota transplants, are being actively investigated in clinical trials to displace or eliminate pathogenic microbes to treat various diseases in the gastrointestinal tract, skin, and vagina. Genetically engineered microbes are also being investigated in the clinic as drug producing factories for biologic delivery, which can provide a constant local source of drugs. In either case, microbe‐therapeutics have the opportunity to address unmet clinical needs and open new areas of research by reducing clinical side effects associated with current treatment modalities or by facilitating the delivery of biologics. This review will discuss examples of past and current clinical trials that are investigating microbe‐therapeutics, both microbiome‐modulating and drug‐producing, for the treatment of a range of diseases. We then offer a perspective on how preclinical approaches, both those focused on developing advanced delivery systems and those that use in vitro microbiome model systems to inform formulation design, will lead to the realization of next‐generation microbe‐therapeutics.
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