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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:base="http://scintilla.nature.com/"><id>http://scintilla.nature.com/groups/feed/122866</id><updated>2008-06-03T18:08:14-04:00</updated><title type="html">Scintilla: recommendations to the group Synapse</title><author><name></name></author><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://scintilla.nature.com/groups/feed/122866/7305d6f62d82799b4e06b5205935c370e1fea79a"/><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://scintilla.nature.com/group/synapse"/><entry><id>http://scintilla.nature.com/node/314509</id><updated>2008-06-03T18:08:14-04:00</updated><title type="html">NeuroVigil Takes DFJ Venture Challenge Award</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://scintilla.nature.com/node/314509"/><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;from &lt;a href="/u/monica" title="View user profile." class="username"&gt;Monica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;posted in &lt;a href="/read/all/all/552"&gt;Brain Waves&lt;/a&gt; on 3 June, 2008&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;clip: Early-stage neurodiagnostics company NeuroVigil was awarded $250,000 in seed funding, the top prize of the DFJ Venture Challenge held last week. The La Jolla-based company works to analyze brain activity using a single, non-invasive probe.&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><id>http://scintilla.nature.com/node/204681</id><updated>2007-11-07T20:06:43-05:00</updated><title type="html">Blow for fans of boiled lobster: crustaceans feel pain, study says</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://scintilla.nature.com/node/204681"/><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;from &lt;a href="/u/monica" title="View user profile." class="username"&gt;Monica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;posted in &lt;a href="/read/all/all/12"&gt;Science news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; on 8 November, 2007&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;clip: An investigation into the most contentious of kitchen dilemmas has reached its unpalatable conclusion: lobsters do feel pain.&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><id>http://scintilla.nature.com/node/149019</id><updated>2007-08-02T17:02:24-04:00</updated><title type="html">News: Near-Vegetative Man Partially Recovers from Brain Injury, Recites Pledge of Allegiance</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://scintilla.nature.com/node/149019"/><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;from &lt;a href="/u/monica" title="View user profile." class="username"&gt;Monica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;posted in &lt;a href="/read/all/all/12"&gt;Science news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; on 1 August, 2007&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;clip: 
	&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><id>http://scintilla.nature.com/node/148666</id><updated>2007-08-02T01:48:27-04:00</updated><title type="html">Device wakes man with severe brain injuries</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://scintilla.nature.com/node/148666"/><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;from &lt;a href="/u/monica" title="View user profile." class="username"&gt;Monica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;posted in &lt;a href="/read/all/all/3"&gt;Reuters: Science News&lt;/a&gt; on 1 August, 2007&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;clip: CHICAGO (Reuters) - A man with severe brain injuries who spent six years in a near-vegetative state can now chew his food, watch a movie and talk with family thanks to a brain pacemaker that may change the way such patients are treated, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.&#xD;&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><id>http://scintilla.nature.com/node/142172</id><updated>2007-07-20T21:02:06-04:00</updated><title type="html">Key to a long life -- less insulin in the brain</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://scintilla.nature.com/node/142172"/><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;from &lt;a href="/u/monica" title="View user profile." class="username"&gt;Monica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;posted in &lt;a href="/read/all/all/3"&gt;Reuters: Science News&lt;/a&gt; on 20 July, 2007&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;clip: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Good, old-fashioned diet and exercise might keep you young by reducing the action of insulin in the brain, researchers reported on Thursday.&#xD;
&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><id>http://scintilla.nature.com/node/142139</id><updated>2007-07-19T22:10:23-04:00</updated><title type="html">Bipolar disorder 'shrinks brain'</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://scintilla.nature.com/node/142139"/><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;from &lt;a href="/u/monica" title="View user profile." class="username"&gt;Monica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;posted in &lt;a href="/read/all/all/14"&gt;BBC News | Health | UK Edition&lt;/a&gt; on 20 July, 2007&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;clip: People with bipolar disorder suffer from an accelerated shrinking of their brain, UK researchers find.&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><id>http://scintilla.nature.com/node/139966</id><updated>2007-07-17T06:11:23-04:00</updated><title type="html">Curry ingredient may fight Alzheimer's: study</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://scintilla.nature.com/node/139966"/><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;from &lt;a href="/u/monica" title="View user profile." class="username"&gt;Monica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;posted in &lt;a href="/read/all/all/3"&gt;Reuters: Science News&lt;/a&gt; on 16 July, 2007&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;clip: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An ingredient in curry may help stimulate immune system cells that gobble up the brain-clogging proteins that mark Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers said on Monday.&#xD;
&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><id>http://scintilla.nature.com/node/122774</id><updated>2007-06-18T00:03:33-04:00</updated><title type="html">Mental care bill back in Commons</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://scintilla.nature.com/node/122774"/><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;from &lt;a href="/u/monica" title="View user profile." class="username"&gt;Monica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;posted in &lt;a href="/read/all/all/14"&gt;BBC News | Health | UK Edition&lt;/a&gt; on 17 June, 2007&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;clip: The government will again try to push through powers to detain mentally ill people who have not committed crimes.&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><id>http://scintilla.nature.com/node/122863</id><updated>2007-06-18T06:11:10-04:00</updated><title type="html">Research brings hope of curing brain disease</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://scintilla.nature.com/node/122863"/><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;from &lt;a href="/u/monica" title="View user profile." class="username"&gt;Monica&lt;/a&gt;: "virus fragments aid RNAi delivery to the brain resulting in brain-specific gene silencing"&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;posted in &lt;a href="/read/all/all/12"&gt;Science news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; on 18 June, 2007&lt;/p&gt;
        &lt;p&gt;clip: June 18: Revolutionary new treatment for neurological diseases uses an injection to tweak the way genes work in the brain.&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry></feed>
