Authors report that lab mice given shungite-derived C60 fullerenes lived roughly twice as long as controls. The result is striking and has been heavily cited in the wellness literature; replication and dosing details are still debated.
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Editor's note (2026 audit): (1) Subjects were RATS, not mice. (2) C60 was synthesized commercial-grade, dissolved in olive oil; paper does NOT describe C60 as 'shungite-derived'. (3) Headline number ~90% lifespan increase, not 'doubled'. Suggested edit: Rewrite to: 'Authors report that lab rats given oral C60 fullerene dissolved in olive oil lived ~90% longer than controls. The C60 in this study was synthesized; the connection to shungite is that C60 occurs naturally in shungite carbon (per Parthasarathy 1998), not that the C60 used in Baati 2012 was extracted from shungite. Replication and dosing details are still debated.'
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