Maxine Singer, a trailblazing biochemist and a pivotal figure in the dawn of biotechnology, passed away on July 9, 2024, at the age of 93. Singer, renowned for her groundbreaking work in genetic research and her role in shaping the guidelines for recombinant DNA technology in the 1970s, leaves behind a legacy that has profoundly… Continue reading Pioneering Biochemist Maxine Singer Passes Away at 93
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Pioneer of Life-Saving Statins, Akira Endo, Dies at 90
Akira Endo, the renowned Japanese biochemist whose groundbreaking research led to the development of cholesterol-lowering statins, has passed away at the age of 90. Endo died on June 5 at a nursing facility in Tokyo, as reported by Japan’s public broadcasting network NHK. Endo’s pioneering work in the 1970s identified a fungal compound that would… Continue reading Pioneer of Life-Saving Statins, Akira Endo, Dies at 90