"After this first step, Zhao and Qiu hope that this work could enable advancements such as microbial cyborgs and other biomedical applications in the future."
I'm not sure if i shoud be happy microbial cyborgs exist.
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Radical modifications of cell membranes have been a think for a while
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg#Bacterial_cyborg_cells
and of course there is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cell
and rapid advancement in synthetic biology.