Tatiana Da Ros

TL;DR: Fullerene is able to fit inside the hydrophobic cavity of HIV proteases, inhibiting the access of substrates to the catalytic site of the enzyme, and can be used as radical scavenger and singlet oxygen in high quantum yields.

TL;DR: Once homogeneously dissolved, the fullerenes and fullerene derivatives exhibit an interesting range of biological activities, especially promising in the field of photodynamic therapy, HIV, neuroprotection and apoptosis.

TL;DR: The bioinspired electrode addresses the one major challenge of artificial photosynthesis, namely efficient water oxidation, which brings us closer to being able to power the planet with carbon-free fuels.

TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the most recent advances on fullerenes in biomedical applications that have not been exhaustively and critically reviewed in the past few years can be found in this paper, where a broad interest to the biomedical engineering community is discussed.

TL;DR: The state of the art of this emerging field is presented and illustrated with some of the most representative examples of fullerenes for drug delivery in the biological and the biomedical domains.