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During which conflict did Rita Levi-Montalcini secretly conduct the chicken embryo research that led to her Nobel Prize discovery?
Answer
World War II
Barred from her university position under Italy's racial laws, Levi-Montalcini set up a hidden laboratory in a farmhouse during World War II, where she carried out the chicken embryo experiments that eventually revealed nerve growth factor.
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Rita Levi-Montalcini discovered nerve growth factor while hiding from Nazis in a Italian farmhouse, conducting experiments with chicken embryos.
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- World War I
- Korean War
- Vietnam War
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