The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1986
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Stanley Cohen
Prize share: 1/2
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Rita Levi-Montalcini
Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1986 was awarded jointly to Stanley Cohen and Rita Levi-Montalcini "for their discoveries of growth factors."
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