One of the first hints that leukotrienes might be involved in heart disease came over a decade ago, when Harvard Medical School biochemist Charles Serhan examined coronary plaque samples from 12 angioplasty patients.

FORBES: Prevention Puzzle

Cerovive stems from the work of Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation biochemist Robert Floyd, who has spent his career probing how toxic free radicals may cause various diseases of aging.

FORBES: Brain Repair

" Adds Medical University of South Carolina biochemist Bruce Hollis: "I often say its skeletal effects are the least interesting thing we know about it.

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