Graphene Has Possible Uses in Brain Cancer Treatment,
Neuroregeneration, Functional Neurosurgery, and More
The development of graphene—a highly advanced metamaterial
with many unique and varied properties—may lead to exciting new applications in
the diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases, according to a report in
the May issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological
Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part
of Wolters Kluwer Health.
Tobias A. Mattei, MD, of Invision Health/Brain & Spine
Center – Buffalo, New York and Azeem A. Rehman, BS, of The University of
Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria present a "primer" on the
development of graphene-based metamaterials that may lead to new advances in
several areas of neurosurgery. Mattei and Rehman write, "As a surgical
specialty that heavily relies on technological innovations, it is expected that
neurosurgery will significantly benefit from several graphene-based technological
developments in the next decades."