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Stanley Cohen (biochemist) was born on 17 November, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., is an American biochemist (1922–2020). Discover Stanley Cohen (biochemist)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 97 years old?

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Age 97 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 17 November, 1922
Birthday 17 November
Birthplace Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Date of death 5 February, 2020
Died Place Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1922

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.

Cohen was born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 17, 1922.

He was the son of Fannie (née Feitel) and Louis Cohen, a tailor.

His parents were Jewish immigrants.

1943

Cohen received his bachelor's degree in 1943 from Brooklyn College, where he had double-majored in chemistry and biology.

1945

After working as a bacteriologist at a milk processing plant to earn money, he received his Master of Arts in zoology from Oberlin College in 1945.

1948

He earned a doctorate from the department of biochemistry about the metabolism of earthworms at the University of Michigan in 1948.

His first academic employment was at the University of Colorado studying the metabolism of premature babies.

1952

In 1952 he moved to Washington University in St. Louis, working first in the department of radiology, learning isotope methodology, and then in the department of zoology.

Working with Rita Levi-Montalcini, he isolated nerve growth factor.

He later isolated a protein that could accelerate incisor eruption and eyelid opening in newborn mice, which was renamed epidermal growth factor.

1959

He continued research on cellular growth factors after joining the faculty of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1959.

1983

Cohen received the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University together with Rita Levi-Montalcini in 1983, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1986 for the isolation of nerve growth factor and the discovery of epidermal growth factor and the National Medal of Science in 1986.

His research on cellular growth factors has proven fundamental to understanding the development of cancer and designing anti-cancer drugs.

His Scopus h-index value was 82 as of March 2022.

1999

In 1999, Cohen retired from Vanderbilt University.

2020

He died in February 2020 at the age of 97.