Levi-Montalcini

American  

[lee-vee-mon-tl-chee-nee, ley-, le-vee-mawn-tahl-chee-nee] / ˈli viˌmɒn tlˈtʃi ni, ˈleɪ-, ˈlɛ viˌmɔn tɑlˈtʃi ni /

noun

1. Rita, 1909–2012, U.S. neurologist, born in Italy: Nobel Prize 1986.

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Levi-Montalcini Scientific  

/ lē′vē-mŏn′tl-chē′nē,lĕ′vē-mōn′täl- /

1. Italian-born American developmental biologist who discovered the nerve growth factor (NGF), a bodily substance that stimulates the growth of nerve cells. For this work she shared with American biochemist Stanley Cohen the 1986 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

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Levi-Montalcini

For us: Nobel laureate and humanitarian Rita Levi-Montalcini, who worked in a home lab when driven out of academia by Mussolini.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 11, 2014

Dr. Cohen, now an emeritus professor at Vanderbilt University, said Dr. Levi-Montalcini possessed a rare combination of intuition and passion, as well as biological knowledge.

From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2012

In 1986, Dr. Levi-Montalcini and Dr. Cohen shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for their work.

From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2012

Said Nobel Committee Member Kerstin Hall: "Every single discovery in the field of cell growth factors has followed closely in the footsteps of Levi-Montalcini and Cohen."

From Time Magazine Archive

For Levi-Montalcini, the award assuaged memories of earlier frustrations.

From Time Magazine Archive