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		<title>Basic Research &#8211; What&#8217;s the Point?</title>
		<link>http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/05/19/basic-research-whats-the-point/</link>
		<comments>http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/05/19/basic-research-whats-the-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>biofluff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Liz Granger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am what is known in the research trade as a ‘basic’ researcher. It’s not that my work is simple. What basic research means is that the work doesn’t have any immediate real world application. In some people’s eyes that &#8230; <a href="http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/05/19/basic-research-whats-the-point/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Acne bacteria to blame for back pain?</title>
		<link>http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/05/12/acne-bacteria-to-blame-for-back-pain/</link>
		<comments>http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/05/12/acne-bacteria-to-blame-for-back-pain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 10:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thebrainbank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Natasha Bray]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do acne and chronic back pain have in common? Well, as it turns out, more than people once thought.  A group at the University of Southern Denmark have found that the same bacteria that gives people spots might be &#8230; <a href="http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/05/12/acne-bacteria-to-blame-for-back-pain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Comments: The future of secondary school science</title>
		<link>http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/05/06/comments-the-future-of-secondary-school-science/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 20:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thebrainbank</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[News and Views]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Fox]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Exam time is fast approaching and once again this year pupils will not only be fretting about their potential grades, but also over the following inevitable barrage of claims concerning falling exam standards. Yes, however hard you may have worked &#8230; <a href="http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/05/06/comments-the-future-of-secondary-school-science/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The dream-reading machine</title>
		<link>http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/27/the-dream-reading-machine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thebrainbank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oliver Freeman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The film Inception starts with Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt attempting to infiltrate someone’s subconscious. They are trying to steal the target’s dreams. This wonderfully futuristic concept may be a thing of science-fiction movies, but researchers in Japan might just &#8230; <a href="http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/27/the-dream-reading-machine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>News and Views: The Brain Activity Mapping Project &#8211; What&#8217;s the plan?</title>
		<link>http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/24/news-and-views-the-brain-activity-mapping-project-whats-the-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/24/news-and-views-the-brain-activity-mapping-project-whats-the-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thebrainbank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Isabelle Abbey-Vital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natasha Bray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News and Views]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn’t” – Dr. Emerson Pugh Isabelle Abbey: An ambitious project intended to unlock the inscrutable mysteries of nerve cell interactions in &#8230; <a href="http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/24/news-and-views-the-brain-activity-mapping-project-whats-the-plan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Preventing mitochondrial disease: Can three (parents) be the magic number?</title>
		<link>http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/22/preventing-mitochondrial-disease-can-three-parents-be-the-magic-number/</link>
		<comments>http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/22/preventing-mitochondrial-disease-can-three-parents-be-the-magic-number/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thebrainbank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Louise Walker]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since September 2012, there has been a consultation in the UK on whether to allow the creation of three-person embryos. This may sound like an odd debate to be having, but there is a good reason for trialling this technique: to reduce &#8230; <a href="http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/22/preventing-mitochondrial-disease-can-three-parents-be-the-magic-number/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>News and Views: The Festival of Neuroscience – A 5 minute guide.</title>
		<link>http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/14/news-and-views-the-festival-of-neuroscience-a-5-minute-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/14/news-and-views-the-festival-of-neuroscience-a-5-minute-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thebrainbank</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oliver Freeman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Between 7th-10th April 2013, neuroscientists from across the globe met in London for the British Neuroscience Association’s ‘Festival of Neuroscience’. Here is my whistle-stop tour of the main talking points. &#160; &#160; Drugs, neuroscience and society Instigated by the &#8230; <a href="http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/14/news-and-views-the-festival-of-neuroscience-a-5-minute-guide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>How Bluetooth could save your life</title>
		<link>http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/14/how-bluetooth-could-save-your-life/</link>
		<comments>http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/14/how-bluetooth-could-save-your-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thebrainbank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Claire Scofield]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/?p=1315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“The iPhone is great, but what if I wanted to put it in my brain?” John A Rogers from the University of Illinois asked this question at a recent talk about electronics that work inside our bodies. From stretchy electronic &#8230; <a href="http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/14/how-bluetooth-could-save-your-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>News and Views: The importance of vaccination</title>
		<link>http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/09/news-and-views-the-importance-of-vaccination/</link>
		<comments>http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/09/news-and-views-the-importance-of-vaccination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lpwalker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Louise Walker]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a story in the news recently about a measles outbreak in Swansea and certain other areas of Wales. The cause of this outbreak is attributed to a lack of children being vaccinated with the controversial Measles, Mumps &#8230; <a href="http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/09/news-and-views-the-importance-of-vaccination/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Superhuman Savants</title>
		<link>http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/05/the-superhuman-savants/</link>
		<comments>http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/05/the-superhuman-savants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thebrainbank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Isabelle Abbey-Vital]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Savant syndrome is an incredibly rare and extraordinary condition where individuals with neurological disorders acquire remarkable ‘islands of genius’. What&#8217;s more, these &#8216;superhuman&#8217; savants may be crucial in understanding our own brains. ‘Savant’, derived from the French verb savoir meaning &#8230; <a href="http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2013/04/05/the-superhuman-savants/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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