Mauricio akira endo biography
He is a member of various editorial boards and is the author of more than articles and book chapters..
Mids, the Japanese biochemist Akira Endo (–) discovered the first statin,compactina natural substance from the fungusPenicillium citrinum shown to.
Akira Endo (biochemist)
Japanese biochemist (1933–2024)
Akira Endo (遠藤 章, Endō Akira, 14 November 1933 – 5 June 2024) was a Japanese biochemist whose research into the relationship between fungi and cholesterol biosynthesis led to the development of statin drugs, which are some of the best-selling pharmaceuticals in history.
Endo received the Japan Prize in 2006,[1] the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award in 2008,[2] the Canada Gairdner International Award in 2017.
Biography
Endo was born on a farm in Northern Japan and had an interest in fungi already at a young age, being an admirer of Alexander Fleming.[3] He obtained a BA at Tohoku University (Faculty of Agriculture) in Sendai in 1957[4] and a PhD in biochemistry at the same university in 1966.[citation needed]
Endo died of pneumonia on 5 June 2024, at the age of 90.[5][6]
Career
From 1957 to 1978 he worked as a research fellow