World Akira Endo, Scholar of Statins That Reduce Heart Disease, Dies at 90 June 12, 2024June 12, 2024Hisako Ueno, Mike Ives and Gina KolataComments Off on 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.
