On July 1st, Professor Zhen Gu and Researcher Jinqiang Wang from CPS-ZJU, Jinhua Research Institute and the National Key Laboratory of Advanced Drug Delivery Systems of Zhejiang University published the review article Cell-Drug Conjugates in Nature Biomedical Engineering. This drug form is officially defined as a cell coupled drug (CDC). In this review, the authors systematically summarize cell conjugating drug design strategies, conjugating techniques and their applications in the treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases, and other conditions (Figure 1). The authors also discuss the challenges and opportunities facing such therapies as they move from innovative development to clinical translation. The first author of the paper is Wang Yanfang, a doctoral student at CPS-ZJU.