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  1. Rita Levi-Montalcini OMRI OMCA (US: / ˌ l eɪ v i ˌ m oʊ n t ɑː l ˈ tʃ iː n i, ˌ l ɛ v-, ˌ l iː v i ˌ m ɒ n t əl ˈ-/ LAY-vee MOHN-tahl-CHEE-nee, LEV-ee -⁠, LEE-vee MON-təl-, Italian: [ˈriːta ˈlɛːvi montalˈtʃiːni]; 22 April 1909 – 30 December 2012) was an Italian neurobiologist.

  2. Apr 18, 2024 · Rita Levi-Montalcini was an Italian American neurologist who, with biochemist Stanley Cohen, shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1986 for her discovery of a bodily substance that stimulates and influences the growth of nerve cells. Levi-Montalcini studied medicine at the University.

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  3. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1986 was awarded jointly to Stanley Cohen and Rita Levi-Montalcini "for their discoveries of growth factors"

  4. Feb 6, 2020 · K. Kris Hirst. Updated on February 06, 2020. Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909–2012) was a Nobel Prize-winning neurologist who discovered and studied the Nerve Growth Factor, a critical chemical tool the human body uses to direct cell growth and build nerve networks.

  5. Dec 30, 2012 · Dec. 30, 2012. Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, a Nobel Prize-winning neurologist who discovered critical chemical tools that the body uses to direct cell growth and build nerve networks, opening...

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  7. Dec 30, 2012 · December 30, 2012. 8 min read. Finding the Good in the Bad: A Profile of Rita Levi-Montalcini. The Italian researcher faced prejudice and adversity as a woman and as a Jew, but went on to...

  8. Jan 9, 2013 · Nobel prizewinning neurobiologist and eminent advocate for science. It is unusual to dominate a field so extensively as to be synonymous with it. Such was the stature of Rita Levi-Montalcini,...

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