Аўтар навуковых прац па механізме транспарту ліпідаў і рэгуляцыі халестэрынавага абмену ў арганізме жывёл і чалавека, прафілактыцы і лячэнні атэрасклерозу.
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З 2000 года Гольдстайн з’яўляецца аўтарам серыі эсэ, у якіх разглядае навуку як творчы пошук і даследуе сувязь паміж мастацтвам і навукай. Эсэ публікуюцца ў часопісе Nature Medicine і супадаюць з штогадовай аб’явай узнагароды Альберта Ласкера, дзе Гольдстайн з’яўляецца старшынёй журы.
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Joseph L. Goldstein (October 2006). "Venture science: climbing the ladder to telomerase, cognitive therapy and in situ hybridization". Nature Medicine. 12 (10): 1129–1132. doi:10.1038/nm1006-1129.
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