Nobel biologist Rita Levi-Montalcini dies at 103

Sunday, December 30, 2012 - 13:30 in Biology & Nature

Rita Levi-Montalcini, a biologist who conducted underground research in defiance of Fascist persecution and went on to win a Nobel Prize for helping unlock the mysteries of the cell, died in Rome at the age of 103.

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