Stanley Cohen:
Stanley Cohen is an American biochemist and Nobel laureate.
Birth:
November 17, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York
Claim to Fame:
Cohen is an American biochemist who shares the 1986 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Rita Levi-Montalcini for their discoveries involving growth factors. Their research isolated the nerve growth factor that induces the differentiation of nerve tissue. They also discovered and isolated the epidermal growth factor. This research has helped in the understanding of cancer growth and anti-cancer drug development.
