“Progress depends on our brain. The most important part of our brain, that which is neocortical, must be used to help others and not just to make discoveries.”
Quote by Rita Levi-Montalcini
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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