Rita Levi-Montalcini

Rita Levi-Montalcini (HM2CAI)

Location: St. Louis, MO 63112
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 39.312', W 90° 17.86'

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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.
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HM NumberHM2CAI
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Date Added Sunday, October 14th, 2018 at 11:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 735150 N 4281980
Decimal Degrees38.65520000, -90.29766667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 39.312', W 90° 17.86'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 39' 18.72" N, 90° 17' 51.6" W
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Area Code(s)314
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 6142 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis MO 63112, US
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