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Rosenstiel Award (36) |
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| complete name: |
Rita Levi-Montalcini |
| nobel prize: |
medicine |
| award year: |
1986 |
| together with: |
Stanley Cohen |
| prize share: |
Prize share: 1/2 |
| rational: |
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1986 was awarded jointly to Stanley Cohen and Rita Levi-Montalcini "for their discoveries of growth factors." |
| biography: |
Biography |
| laureate facts: |
Facts |
| laureate lecture: |
Lecture |
| given name: |
Rita |
| family name: |
Levi-Montalcini |
| occupation: |
physician |
| occupation: |
politician |
| occupation: |
neurologist |
| occupation: |
biochemist |
| occupation: |
neuroscientist |
| field of work: |
neurobiology |
| work location: |
Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO, 63130-4899, United States of America |
| description: |
Rita Levi-Montalcini was an Italian Nobel laureate, honored for her work in neurobiology. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with colleague Stanley Cohen for the discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF). From 2001 until her death, she also served in the Italian Senate as a Senator for Life. On 22 April 2009, she became the first Nobel laureate ever to reach the age of 100, and the event was feted with a party at Rome's City Hall. At the time of her death, she was the oldest living Nobel laureate. |
| pronunciation: |
(Italian: [ˈriːta ˈlɛːvi montalˈtʃiːni]) |
| image copyright: |
Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. |
| image citation: |
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1986. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1986/summary/> |
| date birth: |
1909 |
| date death: |
2012 |
| usual name: |
Rita Levi-Montalcini |
