Alfred Alberts
Alfred Alberts · Science & Medicine
Biochemist who co-discovered lovastatin, the first commercial statin for lowering cholesterol.
1931, United States — 2018, United States
United States
Alfred Alberts is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biochemist who co-discovered lovastatin, the first commercial statin for lowering cholesterol.
Alfred W. Alberts was an American biochemist at Merck who, with Roy Vagelos and colleagues, led the discovery of lovastatin, the first statin approved to lower cholesterol. Statins went on to become one of the most widely prescribed classes of drugs, preventing heart attacks and strokes for hundreds of millions of people. He is listed among Jewish figures in biology.
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Biochemist who co-discovered lovastatin, the first commercial statin for lowering cholesterol.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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