September 19, 2024

Akira Endo, Scholar of Statins That Reduce Heart Disease, Dies at 90

 Akira Endo, Scholar of Statins That Reduce Heart Disease, Dies at 90

Akira Endo, Scholar of Statins That Reduce Heart Disease, Dies at 90

The Japanese biochemist found in the 1970s that cholesterol-lowering drugs lowered the LDL, or “bad” cholesterol, level in the blood.

Hisako Ueno and Mike Ives