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By Jie Jack Li

Over 25 million humans within the U.S. on my own have benefited from statins--such medications as Lipitor, Zocor, Crestor, Pravachol, and different cholesterol-lowering medicines--in combating stroke, center assault, and other kinds of heart ailment. yet how did those extraordinary, life-saving medicines come into being? In Triumph of the Heart, Dr. Jie Jack Li, a medicinal chemist and specialist on drug discovery, tells for the 1st time the attention-grabbing tale of statins. Drawn from discussions with many scientists interested by the invention and improvement of those medicines, the e-book illuminates the human part of technological know-how by way of revealing the position performed by means of endurance, success, and unexpected perception that signify significant discoveries. For scientists within the drug undefined, health and wellbeing care execs, scholars of medication, and all these intrigued by means of the fundamental human force to discover and observe, Triumph of the Heart bargains a compelling view of 1 of crucial drug discoveries of our time.

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