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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Example Sentences

He and Levi-Montalcini, who was denied opportunities to teach and practice medicine in her native Italy because of her Jewish heritage, formed an innovative scientific partnership.

From Washington Post

His colleague at the time, Rita Levi-Montalcini, had made a seminal discovery of a protein known as nerve growth factor, which stimulated the growth of nerve cells in laboratory mice.

From Washington Post

The importance of Dr. Cohen’s and Levi-Montalcini’s research was not fully understood at first.

From Washington Post

Dr. Cohen and Levi-Montalcini, who died in 2012, shared the 1986 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.

From Washington Post

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