Episode 16: Rita Levi - Montalcini - Rats in Rio, Amputated Chickens, and a Bedroom Laboratory
Update: 2025-09-25
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Rita Levi - Montalcini created an entire laboratory in her bedroom when she was banned from her lab, she discovered a protein that changed how neuroscience is done, and won a noble prize all after surviving World War II. This is her story.
Sources:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10014200/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11490299/
https://www.nobelprize.org/stories/women-who-changed-science/rita-levi-montalcini/
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