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Graphene-chip implant in UK trial could transform brain tumour surgery
- A flexible chip made of graphene, a material 200 times stronger than steel, has been designed to transform the surgical treatment of brain tumors. The chip can pinpoint cancer cells through differences in their electrical emissions compared with those of healthy neural tissue.
- This is the first ever clinical trial to be performed anywhere in the world with a graphene-based medical device.
- The device is being trialled at Salford Royal Hospital in Manchester, UK.
- The brain-computer interface (BCI) device has been designed and fabricated by an international team of scientists in order to transform the monitoring of electrical impulses of cells in the brain.
- The first use for the device which has thousands of electrical contacts, will be to differentiate cancer cells from healthy cells for brain tumor surgery.
- In the UK, over 12,700 people are diagnosed with brain tumors every year and over 5,000 annual deaths are attributed to the condition.
- The flexible brain chip is being hailed as a medical first.
- The team behind the BCI device also believes it will help scientists study many other conditions.
- This is a clinical milestone that paves the way for advancements in both neural decoding and its application as a therapeutic intervention.
- The BCI chip can pinpoint a huge range of electrical signals in the brain, including those of very high and very low frequencies and will allow researchers to understand how electrical signals are transmitted by healthy versus affected cells.
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