A collaboration of researchers from the University of California, the University of Washington and the University of Munich have discovered a chemical that has the ability to restore sight in mice. The results are only temporary at the moment, but the researchers hope that they can develop a more stable compound that could help patients with degenerative blindness to regain their sight.
The chemical, known as AAQ, makes the remaining retina cells sensitive to light. The researchers describe AAQ as a photoswitch that attaches itself to protein ion channels on the retina cells. When the light hits the cells, the AAQ activates in the same way as the rods and cones do in a normal functioning eye. [Read more...]
Officials at the University of California have cancelled an order for an armored vehicle they were going to buy in partnership with Berkeley police and the Albany Police Department. The armored vehicle, if the plan had gone ahead, would have been jointly owned by the University of California, Berkeley campus police.
Officials at the University of California, Berkeley have decided to settle with David Morse, a volunteer photojournalist who was arrested whilst filming a protest at a school residence in 2009. Morse claimed he was wrongfully arrested and decided to begin court proceedings against the university.
Police have arrested two men believed to have been
