Scientists

Stanley Cohen

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Science Atlas. "Stanley Cohen." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-science.interactiveatlas.org/scientists/stanley-cohen.

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Science Atlas. (n.d.). Stanley Cohen. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-science.interactiveatlas.org/scientists/stanley-cohen

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@misc{scienceatlas-stanley-cohen,
  author = {Science Atlas},
  title = {Stanley Cohen},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-science.interactiveatlas.org/scientists/stanley-cohen},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Stanley Cohen was an American biochemist who, along with Rita Levi-Montalcini, was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the isolation of nerve growth factor and the discovery of epidermal growth factor.

Facts

Birth Datethe subject's own account

1922-11-17 1

Death Datethe subject's own account

2020-02-05 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Shared the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of nerve growth factor; Levi-Montalcini's own lead names him her research "colleague", not merely a co-laureate, so treated as a working collaboration.

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1. Stanley Cohen (Wikipedia)

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Stanley Cohen (November 17, 1922 – February 5, 2020) 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.

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