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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. [3]
Biographical. Joseph L. Goldstein was born on April 18, 1940, in Sumter, South Carolina, the only son of Isadore E. and Fannie Alpert Goldstein. The family owned and operated a clothing store in Kingstree, South Carolina, a town of 5000 people.
Joseph L. Goldstein is an American molecular geneticist who, along with Michael S. Brown, was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their elucidation of the process of cholesterol metabolism in the human body.
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Joseph L. Goldstein. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1985. Born: 18 April 1940, Sumter, SC, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA. Prize motivation: “for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism” Prize share: 1/2. Work.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1985 was awarded jointly to Michael S. Brown and Joseph L. Goldstein "for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism".
Joseph Goldstein is a renowned molecular geneticist and Nobel laureate who studies cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism. He is the chairman of the Board of Scientific Counselors and the Department of Molecular Genetics at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Joseph Goldstein is a professor and chair of molecular genetics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He is a Nobel laureate for his work on cholesterol receptors and transcription factors.
