Rita Levi-Montalcini was an influential Italian neurologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1986 for her groundbreaking discovery of nerve growth factor. Born in 1909 in Turin, she pursued her medical degree despite facing gender barriers in her education and professional life. Her research focused on how nerve cells grow and develop, providing crucial insights into neurological diseases and disorders. During World War II, Levi-Montalcini had to conduct her...