Name: Rita

Surname: Levi-Montalcini



Rita Levi-Montalcini (Turin, 22 April 1909 – Rome, 30 December 2012[1]) was an Italian neurologist. In the 1950s, with your research, you discovered and illustrated the growth factor of the nerve fiber (in this case of the axonal structure) NGF, and for this discovery you were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1986. She was also awarded other prizes, she was the first woman to be admitted to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. On 1 August 2001 she was appointed senator for life by the President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi "for having illustrated the homeland with very high merits in the scientific and social fields". She was a national member of the Accademia dei Lincei for the physical sciences class and founding member of the Idis-Città della Scienza Foundation

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