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Rita Levi-Montalcini

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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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Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1909-04-22 1
Death DateSourced to the subject's own account
2012-12-30 1
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Stanley Cohen, Scientists

Shared the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of nerve growth factor; Levi-Montalcini's own lead names him her research "colleague", not merely a co-laureate, so treated as a working collaboration.

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  • Lead section (Wikipedia plaintext extract)
    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).
  • Infobox, Born
    22 April 1909
  • Infobox, Died
    30 December 2012
  • Associated With: Stanley Cohen, Lead section, Rita Levi-Montalcini
    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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