# Rita Levi-Montalcini (@rita-levi-montalcini)

Rita Levi-Montalcini was a Italian neurobiologist. Working with Viktor Hamburger and Stanley Cohen, Levi-Montalcini used embryology and cell culture to identify signals controlling nerve-cell survival and growth.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Rita Levi-Montalcini's public record._

## Topics

- [Institutions and Longevity](/@rita-levi-montalcini/institutions-and-longevity.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Nerve Growth Factor](/@rita-levi-montalcini/nerve-growth-factor.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Research under Fascism](/@rita-levi-montalcini/research-under-fascism.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1986/levi-montalcini/facts/
- blog: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1986/levi-montalcini/biographical/
- blog: https://www.ebri.it/en/rita-levi-montalcini/

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "rita-levi-montalcini", "question": "…"}`.