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“I say to the young, be happy that you were born in Italy because of the beauty of the human capital, both masculine and feminine, of this country... No other country has such human capital.”

Quote by Rita Levi-Montalcini

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Rita Levi-Montalcini
Rita Levi-Montalcini

Italian scientist and Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, known as the 'Discoverer of Growth Factors'. Born in Turin, Italy, in 1909, she fled Italy in 1940 due to her Jewish heritage and continued her scientific research in Switzerland and the United States, including the renowned Rockefeller Institute. Her research revealed the existence of nerve growth factors, which had a profound impact on the fields of neurobiology and neuroscience. more

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