For other persons named Stanley Cohen, see Stanley Cohen (disambiguation).
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 Stanley Cohen (biochemist)
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| Born | November 17, 1922 |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | biochemistry |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Known for | nerve growth factor |
| Notable awards | Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine |
Stanley Cohen (born November 17, 1922) is an American biochemist and Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology and Medicine (1986). He is a distinguished researcher and academic associated with the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee.
He received his bachelor's degree in 1943 from Brooklyn College, where he had double-majored in chemistry and biology. After working as a bacteriologist at a milk processing plant to earn money, he received his M.A. in zoology from Oberlin College in 1945. He earned a Ph.D. from the department of biochemistry at the University of Michigan in 1948.
Working with Rita Levi-Montalcini (co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in 1986) at Washington University in St. Louis in the 1950s, Cohen isolated nerve growth factor and then went on to discover epidermal growth factor. He continued his research on cellular growth factors after moving to Vanderbilt University in 1959. His research on cellular growth factors has proven fundamental to understanding the development of cancer and designing anti-cancer drugs.
Cohen also received the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University together with Rita Levi-Montalcini in 1983 and the National Medal of Science in 1986.
References
- Raju, T N (February 2000). "The Nobel chronicles. 1986: Stanley Cohen (b 1922); Rita Levi-Montalcini (b 1909)". Lancet (ENGLAND) 355 (9202): 506. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 10841166.
- Shampoo, M A; Kyle R A (June 1999). "Stanley Cohen--Nobel laureate for growth factor". Mayo Clin. Proc. (UNITED STATES) 74 (6): 600. ISSN 0025-6196. PMID 10377936.
- Weltman, J K. "The 1986 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine awarded for discovery of growth factors: Rita Levi-Montalcini, M.D., and Stanley Cohen, Ph.D". N Engl Reg Allergy Proc (UNITED STATES) 8 (1): 47–8. ISSN 0742-2814. PMID 3302667.
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