ABSTRACT

For today, a large number of efœcient medicobiological actions of fullerenes have been found, among which there are antiviral, anti cancer, neuroprotective, enzymatic, antiapoptopic, and many others.4-6 It is worthwhile to supplement this list with the latest sensational news on fullerenebased gene delivery in mice.7 Expert judgments suggest that this work opens a large way to test the efœcacy of fullerenes for in vivo applications, such as insulin gene delivery to reduce blood glucose levels for diabetes treatment, and so forth.