Levi-Montalcini
(1981 EZ )
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4.3.1981 00:00 La Silla 70w44 29s15 observations 1 << prev in category - Long names - next in category >>
In 1952 Italian neurologist Rita Levi-Montalcini (b. 1909) discovered the Nerve Growth Factor, the protein responsible for the nervous system cell proliferation. Winner of the 1986 Nobel prize for Medicine, she promotes programs for educating women in developing countries.
Discovered on 4-3-1981 in La Silla by Debehogne, H., De Sanctis, G. | ||
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