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Active 1997–present · Awards: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, National Medal of Science, Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, Grand Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit, Feltrinelli Prize
Rita Levi-Montalcini was an Italian neurobiologist. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with colleague Stanley Cohen for the discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF).