简介：Thesurvivalorientedadaptationofevolvedbiosystemstovariationsintheirenvironmentisaselectiveoptimizationprocess.Recognizingtheoptimisedendproductanditsfunctionalityistheclassicalarenaofbionicengineering.Inaprimordialworld,however,themolecularorganizationandfunctionsofprebioticsystemsweresolelydefinedbyformativeprocessesintheirphysicalandchemicalenvironment,forinstance,theinterplaybetweeninterfacialwaterlayersonsurfacesandsolarlight.Theformativepotentialoftheinterplaybetweenlight(laserlight)andinterfacialwaterlayersonsurfaceswasrecentlyexploitedintheformationofsupercubanecarbonnanocrystals.Inevolvedbiosystemstheformativepotentialofinterfacialwaterlayerscanstillbeactivatedbylight.Herewereportacaseofhayfever,whichwassuccessfullytreatedinthecourseofafacialreju-venationprogramstartinginNovember2007.Targetingprimarilyinterfacialwaterlayersonelastinfibresinthewrinkledareas,wepresumablyalsoactivatedmastcellsinthenasalmucosa,reportedtoprogressivelydecreaseinthenasalmucosaoftherabbit,whenfrequentlyirradiated.Hayfeverisinducedbythereleaseofmediators,especiallyhistamine,aprocessassociatedwiththedegranulationofmastcells.Decreaseinmastcellsnumbersimpliesadecreaseinthereleaseofhistamine.Tothebestofourknowledgethisisthefirstreportonthetreatmentofhayfeverwithvisiblelight.Thisapproachwasinspiredbybionicthinking,andcouldhelpamelioratingtheconditionofmillionsofpeoplesufferingfromhayfeverworldwide.