Joseph Leonard Goldstein ForMemRS 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.
Joseph L. Goldstein
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is a public academic health science center in Dallas, Texas. With approximately 23,000 employees, more than 3,000 full-time faculty, and nearly 4 million outpatient visits per year, UT Southwestern is the largest medical school in the University of Texas System and the State of Texas.
Southwestern Medical College as it appeared at its founding in the 1940s. Animal facilities are seen in the lower right.
Original phases 1, 2 in 1993. Designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes and John M.Y. Lee Architects
The northern and western campuses are where most of the recent expansion has taken place.
UTSW Outpatient Facility by Lee/Timchula Architects
