Rita Levi-Montalcini
Italian neurologist (1909–2012)
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Italian neurobiologist who shared the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Stanley Cohen for discovering nerve growth factor. Her lab work on chicken embryos became foundational to neuroscience.
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Rita Levi-Montalcini was an Italian neurobiologist. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with colleague Stanley Cohen for the discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF).
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