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Clinical translation of graphene-based medical technology

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Many promising technologies created in academic laboratories struggle to transition to industry because of rapid shifts in research direction, funding constraints and complex challenges, hindering their full development. Here, the founders of ‘INBRAIN Neuroelectronics’, a start-up working on graphene-based high-precision neural interface systems, describe how a different outcome is possible.

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  1. Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Spain

    Kostas Kostarelos & Jose A. Garrido

  2. Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain

    Kostas Kostarelos & Jose A. Garrido

  3. Centre for Nanotechnology in Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine & Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    Kostas Kostarelos

  4. Institute of Neuroscience, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Kostas Kostarelos

  5. INBRAIN Neuroelectronics, Barcelona, Spain

    Carolina Aguilar

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The Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) receives funding support from INBRAIN Neuroelectronics. C.A. is fully employed by INBRAIN Neuroelectronics. All authors have financial interests in INBRAIN Neuroelectronics in the form of shares and/or consultation fees. All authors are co-founders of INBRAIN Neuroelectronics.

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Kostarelos, K., Aguilar, C. & Garrido, J.A. Clinical translation of graphene-based medical technology. Nat Rev Electr Eng 1, 75–76 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44287-024-00020-1

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