Stanley Cohen 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. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1986, announced October 13, 1986. Stanley Cohen and Rita Levi-Montalcini, “for their discoveries of growth factors”. Stanley Cohen: born 1922, Brooklyn, NY, USA. Rita Levi-Montalcini: born 1909, Turin, Italy. Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).