The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1986
Awarded on: 1986-10-13
"for their discoveries of growth factors"
Affiliations:
- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine – Nashville, TN, USA
Stanley Cohen
Born: 1922-11-17 in Brooklyn, NY, USA
Gender: male
Field: American biochemist (1922–2020)
Biography
Stanley Cohen was an American biochemist who, along with Rita Levi-Montalcini, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1986 for the isolation of nerve growth factor and the discovery of epidermal growth factor.