A new study of itching adds to growing evidence that the chemical signals that make us want to scratch are the same signals that make us wince in pain. Berkeley researcher Diana Bautista, an assistant professor of molecular and cell biology, says some nerve cells in the skin respond to both itching and pain - and that has huge implications for the treatment of both.
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At a campus forum, Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, joined experts from on- and off-campus to discuss the balance between national security and free speech. And he made clear that for him, the forum's subtitle - "From WikiLeaks to the Pentagon Papers" - describes a very short line.
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As a result of fundraising efforts that have netted more than $2.5 million, Berkeley's men's gymnastics program will go on as an Intercollegiate Athletics sport, campus officials announced Monday. The decision preserves the last of five teams targeted for elimination or reduced status because of budget cuts.
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