Statins, which can prevent heart attacks or strokes, are among the most commonly prescribed drugs worldwide.Keiji Hasumi, a professor who was a long-time associate of Endo, said the scientist had died on June 5.'His work was truly great. Statins didn't exist before Endo,' Hasumi told Agence France-Presse. 'It has the same value and impact as the discovery of penicillin.'Johns Hopkins Medicine says more than 200 million people take statins.
His ambitions began early thanks to his grandfather, who was interested in medicine and became a 'great home teacher,' Endo said in a 2008 autobiographical essay.As a student, Endo became interested in antibiotics like penicillin, 'deeply impressed' by how many lives they had saved, his essay in the journal Nature Medicine said.Endo carried out research in New York in the late 1960s, when coronary heart disease was the main cause of US deaths.
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