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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Eric Oldfield, University of Illinois

Caption: University of Illinois chemistry professor Eric Oldfield realized that the chemical precursors of the Staph carotenoid were identical to those that led to production of cholesterol in humans. "I thought there was a good chance that squalene synthase inhibitors developed early on as cholesterol lowering agents might also work on this other pathway," he said.

Credit: Photo courtesy of Eric Oldfield

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