Rita Levi-Montalcini

ISBN-13: 9780816061716 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 150 str.

Opis

Growing up in early 20th-century Italy, Rita Levi-Montalcini was expected to marry, not pursue an education. After earning an M.D., she defied a Fascist Italian government to study the body's nervous system and discovered the nerve growth factor, a protein that controls the growth of neurons and is required for their survival. She earned a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1986 for her work.