Ribatti Domenico
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sensory Organs, University of Bari Medical School, National Cancer Institute "Giovanni Paolo II", Policlinico-Piazza G. Cesare, 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Brain Res Bull. 2016 Jun;124:306-9. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2016.02.019. Epub 2016 Feb 27.
The announcement in October 1986 that the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was to awarded to Rita Levi Montalcini and Stanley Cohen for the discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF) and epidermal growth factor, respectively, caused many to wonder why Viktor Hamburger in whose laboratory the initial work was done had not been included in the award. This article try to reconstruct the history of the discovery of NGF with the aim to re-establish a correct dynamic of the events.
1986年10月宣布,诺贝尔生理学或医学奖将分别授予丽塔·列维·蒙塔尔奇尼和斯坦利·科恩,以表彰他们发现了神经生长因子(NGF)和表皮生长因子。这使得许多人疑惑,为何最初开展相关工作的维克托·汉堡没有获得该奖项。本文试图重构神经生长因子的发现历程,目的是重新梳理事件的正确脉络。