Joseph L. Goldstein
1940
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
occupation: geneticist, university teacher, biochemist, biologist, physician
award received: Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Canada Gairdner International Award, Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry, National Medal of Science, Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Albany Medical Center Prize, William Allan Award, Keith R. Porter Lecture, Richard Lounsbery Award, honorary doctor of the University of Miami, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, George M. Kober Medal, Warren Alpert Foundation Prize
Joseph Leonard Goldstein ForMemRS (born April 18, 1940) is an American biochemist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1985, along with fellow University of Texas Southwestern researcher, Michael Brown, for their studies regarding cholesterol. They discovered that human cells have low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors that remove cholesterol from the blood and that when LDL receptors are not present in sufficient numbers, individuals develop hypercholesterolemia and become at risk for cholesterol related diseases, notably coronary heart disease. Their studies led to the development of statin drugs. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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