Rita Levi-Montalcini
Neurobiologist
1909-2012
Rita Levi-Montalcini was an Italian neurobiologist who contributed to the knowledge on how neurons divide and multiply.
Rita Levi-Montalcini studied in detail the growth and division of neurons. Together with S. Cohen, they isolated for the first time in 1950 the nerve grow factors, which are a family of biomolecules that support the growth, survival and differentiation of neurons. Levi-Montalcini received a share of the Physiology or Medicine Nobel Prize later in 1986 for her discovery of the growth factors.
The work of Levi-Montalcini served greatly to many scientists towards the understanding of neuronal regeneration and degeneration. Thanks to the discoveries of Levi-Montalcini, the researchers of ByAxon project are a step closer to the development of a neural interface for the damaged spinal cord.
Neurobiologist
1909-2012
Rita Levi-Montalcini was an Italian neurobiologist who contributed to the knowledge on how neurons divide and multiply.
Rita Levi-Montalcini studied in detail the growth and division of neurons. Together with S. Cohen, they isolated for the first time in 1950 the nerve grow factors, which are a family of biomolecules that support the growth, survival and differentiation of neurons. Levi-Montalcini received a share of the Physiology or Medicine Nobel Prize later in 1986 for her discovery of the growth factors.
The work of Levi-Montalcini served greatly to many scientists towards the understanding of neuronal regeneration and degeneration. Thanks to the discoveries of Levi-Montalcini, the researchers of ByAxon project are a step closer to the development of a neural interface for the damaged spinal cord.
