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Joseph L. Goldstein

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Joseph Leonard Goldstein ForMemRS (born April 18, 1940) is an American biochemist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1985, along with fellow University of Texas Southwestern researcher, Michael Brown, for their studies regarding cholesterol. They discovered that human cells have low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors that remove cholesterol from the blood and that when LDL receptors are not present in sufficient numbers, individuals develop hypercholesterolemia and become at risk for cholesterol related diseases, notably coronary heart disease. Their studies led to the development of statin drugs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph L. Goldstein is the 274th most popular chemist (down from 250th in 2019), the 1,759th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,566th in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Chemist. Learn more about Joseph L. Goldstein's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Joseph L. Goldstein ranks 274 out of 602. Before him are Fraser Stoddart, Franz Karl Achard, Elias James Corey, Georg Brandt, Rudolph A. Marcus, and Joachim Sauer. After him are Ben Feringa, Akira Yoshino, Paul Ulrich Villard, Martin Karplus, Thomas Graham, and Heinrich Gustav Magnus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Joseph L. Goldstein ranks 101. Before him are Edward C. Prescott, Jair da Costa, George Akerlof, Lothar de Maizière, Alan Kay, and Dionne Warwick. After him are Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Linda Gray, Richard Lynch, Mamnoon Hussain, Phil Ochs, and Gudrun Ensslin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph L. Goldstein ranks 1,759 out of 20,380. Before him are Owen Garriott (1930), Kendall Jenner (1995), Lee Grant (1927), Anthony Mann (1906), George C. Williams (1926), and Burt Bacharach (1928). After him are Jacque Fresco (1916), Thomas Schelling (1921), Stevie Nicks (1948), Ronald Dworkin (1931), Courtney Love (1964), and William C. McCool (1961).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Joseph L. Goldstein ranks 66. Before him are Alfred G. Gilman (1941), Stephanie Kwolek (1923), Martin Rodbell (1925), Dudley R. Herschbach (1932), Edwin G. Krebs (1918), and Elias James Corey (1928). After him are Thomas Cech (1947), Roger Y. Tsien (1952), Roderick MacKinnon (1956), Frances Arnold (1956), Louis E. Brus (1943), and Alexander Shulgin (1925).

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