Pioneer of Life-Saving Statins, Akira Endo, Dies at 90

Akira Endo

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