Japanese biochemist whose work on fungal extracts led to the creation of the first statin The Japanese biochemist Akira Endo, who has died aged 90, was the creator of the first statin, a drug that ...

Akira Endo discovered the first statin, a class of molecule that decreases the production of cholesterol. He died June 5 at the age of 90. STR / JIJI Press / AFP via Getty Images Akira Endo, a ...

Akira Endo, a Japanese biochemist whose research on fungi helped to lay the groundwork for widely prescribed drugs that lower a type of cholesterol that contributes to heart disease, died on June 5.

Akira Endo, a Japanese biochemist whose fascination with the internal workings of fungi underpinned research that discovered cholesterol-lowering statins in blue mold, a find that revolutionized ...

Every day, tens of millions of people in the U.S. take pills called statins to reduce their cholesterol and lower their risk of heart attack and stroke. Akira Endo, the Japanese scientist who ...

Statins, which can prevent heart attacks, are among most commonly prescribed drugs Professor Akira Endo, the Japanese biochemist whose pioneering research on fungi led to the development of ...

The Japanese scientist whose pioneering work led to the creation of statins, the life-saving drugs used by millions, has died at the age of 90. Akira Endo's pivotal work has been likened to the ...

Akira Endo, PhD, the Japanese microbiologist and biochemist known as the father of statins, died at the age of 90 on June 5. His research led to the discovery and rise of a class of drugs that ...

Tokyo: Japanese biochemist Akira Endo, who discovered cholesterol-lowering statins, has died aged 90, his former student and colleague said on Tuesday. Statins, which can prevent heart attacks or ...

Maestro Akira Endo Maestro Akira Endo of Boulder, CO, died Thursday, April 3, 2014 at the age of 75. He was born to the late Hikataro and Reiko Endo on November 16, 1938, in Shido, Japan and is ...