Levi-Montalcini

Levi-Montalcini definition - medical

Le·vi-Mon·tal·ci·ni (lēˈvē-mŏnˌtl-chēˈnē, lĕˈvē-mônˌtäl-), Rita Born 1909.

Italian-American developmental biologist. She shared a 1986 Nobel Prize for the discovery of the nerve growth factor.

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