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.The Japanese biochemist found in the 1970s that cholesterol-lowering drugs lowered the LDL, or “bad” cholesterol, level in the blood.Read MoreAkira Endo, Cholesterol, Deaths (Obituaries), Heart, Statins (Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs), Medicine and Health, Fungi, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Merck & Company Inc, Japan, ResearchNYT > Health