Rita Levi - Montalcini created an entire laboratory in her bedroom when she was banned from her lab, she discovered a protein that changed how neuroscience is done, and won a noble prize all after surviving World War II. This is her story.

Sources:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10014200/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11490299/

https://www.nobelprize.org/stories/women-who-changed-science/rita-levi-montalcini/

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