National Academy of Medicine Content / National Academy of Medicine Content for UC Davis en Among the Academies: Defining Biology鈥檚 Systems /news/among-academies-defining-biology-systems <p>Our daily life consists of a science invisible to the naked eye. Think of how molecules come together to form tiny machines within different parts of our bodies, like how the neural networks of our brains are a product of neurons coming together and sending digital signals with other bodily functions.</p><p>How do we model the forces of nature that we cannot see but that are indispensable to our everyday life?</p> September 24, 2024 - 12:57pm Jose Antonio Vadi /news/among-academies-defining-biology-systems The Pain Problem /news/pain-problem-0 <p>Pain is a pervasive problem that the medical community has not yet addressed in a comprehensive way. That鈥檚 the dilemma facing an interdisciplinary group at UC&nbsp;Davis.</p> December 06, 2017 - 1:54pm Allyson Donies Tsuji /news/pain-problem-0 Expert on Mental Function in Aging Elected to National Academy of Medicine /news/expert-mental-function-aging-elected-national-academy-medicine <p>John Morrison, professor of neurology at the University of California, Davis, and director of the California National Primate Research Center, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the world鈥檚 most prestigious scientific bodies.</p> October 17, 2016 - 11:11am Andy Fell /news/expert-mental-function-aging-elected-national-academy-medicine