Born April 22, 1909
In 1938, two years after graduating from the University of Turin, Italian neurobiologist Levi-Montalcini was forced to continue her research in a makeshift bedroom lab because Fascist laws barred Jews from academic careers. In 1946 she came to Washington University in St. Louis, where she made the breakthrough discovery of NGF, a protein associated with nerve growth. She continued research on NGF with Washington University biochemist Stanley Cohen, and the pair won a Nobel Prize in 1986. the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Medal of Science, Rita Levi-Montalcini worked past her 100th year to advance the understanding and treatment of diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinsons.| HM Number | HM2CAI |
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| Date Added | Sunday, October 14th, 2018 at 11:01pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15S E 735150 N 4281980 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.65520000, -90.29766667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 39.312', W 90° 17.86' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 39' 18.72" N, 90° 17' 51.6" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 314 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling East |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 6142 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis MO 63112, US |
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