Cell surface carbohydrates mediate a wide range of carbohydrate–protein interactions key
to healthy and disease mechanisms. Many of such interactions are multivalent in nature and …

Fullerenes have attracted considerable attention for their possible use in human therapy.
Pure C 60 is soluble only in some organic solvents, but this could be overcome by chemical …

The infection of humans by lethal pathogens such as Ebola and other related viruses has
not been properly addressed so far. In this context, a relevant question arises: What can …

DC-SIGN, a lectin discovered two decades ago, plays a relevant role in innate immunity.
Since its discovery, it has turned out to be a target for developing antiviral drugs based on …

A series of amphiphilic glycodendro [60] fullerene monoadducts were efficiently synthesized
using the CuAAC “click chemistry” approach. These glycodendrofullerenes can self …

We report the sequential construction of a set of multivalent structures using
cyclotriphosphazene (CTP) units, which were extensively used as primary or secondary …

Unprecedented 3D hexa‐adducts of [60] fullerene peripherally decorated with twelve
tryptophan (Trp) or tyrosine (Tyr) residues have been synthesized. Studies on the antiviral …

An ultra-fast synthetic procedure based on grafting of twelve fullerene macromonomers onto
a fullerene hexa-adduct core was used for the preparation of a giant molecule with 120 …

Since WHO has declared the COVID‐19 outbreak a global pandemic, nearly seven million
deaths have been reported. This efficient spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome …

Non-viral nucleic acid vectors able to display high transfection efficiencies with low toxicity
and overcoming the multiple biological barriers are needed to further develop the clinical …