Women in science we admire

Rita Levi-Montalcini See all items with this value

Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1986 (joint winner with her collaborator Stanley Cohen). The Inspirational Rita Levi-Montalcini discovered Nerve Growth Factor, vital to nervous system development, learning and memory. See all items with this value

Levi-Montalcini, Rita See all items with this value

Nerve growth factor See all items with this value

Neurology See all items with this value

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