He succeeded in cloning the receptor of LDL (the low - density lipoprotein receptor), contributing to the
reputation of Brown and Goldstein, who in 1985 were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work
on cholesterol metabolism.
One major reason for the increase in Alzheimer's disease over the past years has been the bad
reputation eggs have been getting in respect to being a high source of
cholesterol, despite the fact of dietary intake of
cholesterol having little impact
on serum
cholesterol, which is now also finally acknowledged by mainstream medicine.