Walter Longo is an Italian-American biogerontologist and cell biologist. He won several awards for his research on anti-aging and fast-moving diets, which are helpful in increasing life span and preventing diseases like cancer and heart diseases.
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Wiki/Biography
Valter Longo was born on Monday, 9 October 1967 (age 55 years; as in 2022) in Genoa, Italy. His zodiac sign is Libra. Walter completed his primary education in Genoa, Italy. After his sophomore year (10th grade), he decided to become a rock guitarist and moved to Chicago, USA. There he joined the United States Army Reserve to defray his expenses; He attended recruit training at Fort Knox. Later, he enrolled at the University of North Texas College of Music to learn jazz music.
Walter Longo playing guitar in his teens
Because of his training in the military, he decided to study nutrition and longevity; He enrolled in a Bachelor of Sciences program at the University of Texas, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry in 1992. In 1992, he joined the Laboratory of Calorie Restriction at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied calorie restriction and immune system aging. , In 1997, he completed his PhD in biochemistry studying antioxidant enzymes and anti-aging genes under Professor Joan Valentine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He completed his postdoctoral training in the neurobiology of Alzheimer’s disease under Professor Caleb Finch at the University of Southern California.
Walter De Longo in his laboratory during his PhD
Physical Appearance
Height (approx): 6 feet
Weight (Approx): 70 kg
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
Valter Longo was born to Calabrian parents.
parents and siblings
There is not much information about Walter’s parents and siblings.
wife and children
Not much is known about Walter’s wife and children.
Biogerontologist and cell biologist
anti aging research
In 1997, after completing his PhD on antioxidant enzymes and anti-aging genes, Walter became a faculty member at the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California. He is a member of USC’s Biology of Aging program, as well as the director of the USC Longevity Institute.
USC Longevity Institute
Walter’s research focuses on understanding the basic mechanisms of aging in simple organisms and mice and how these mechanisms can be applied to humans. The Longo laboratory has identified genetic pathways that control aging in simple organisms and shown that disabling these pathways can slow the progression of several diseases in both mice and humans.
Walter Longo talks to the media about his anti-aging experiments
Walter’s laboratory has developed dietary and genetic interventions that protect healthy cells while making cancer cells more sensitive to chemotherapy. These interventions are being tested in several hospitals in the US and Europe.
fast replicating diet
Longo’s fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) is an eating program that is low in calories and protein and moderate in carbohydrates and fat.
Longo interacting with the people of the Mediterranean who follow a healthy diet based on the eating habits of their ancestors
It is designed to replicate the effects of water fasting over a five-day period while providing the body with essential nutrients. Developed by Longo at the University of Southern California, the diet aims to disrupt metabolic pathways similar to fasting without triggering the body’s growth responses. The Fasting Mimicking Diet is trademarked by L-Nutra, a company partially owned by Longo and financially supported by USC. Dr. Longo published a book called The Longevity Diet, in which he discussed the fast-mimicking diet in detail.
longevity diet book
She has launched the USC Davis School of Gerontology’s first study abroad program, a summer class on nutrition and genetics of aging in Italy.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- Nathan Schock Lecture Award by the National Institute on Aging, 2010
- In 2013, the Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star Award in Aging Research from the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR)
- In 2016, Friedrich Merz Guest Professorship
- Jubilee Professorship 2016 by Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden.
- Glenn Prize for Research on Aging 2016
- In 2018, he was named by Time Magazine as one of the 50 most influential people in health care for his research on fasting-simulating diets as a way to improve health and prevent disease.
Facts/General Knowledge
- Walter’s full name is Walter D. Longo.
- Walter’s hobby is playing the guitar. Whenever he visits old people or patients, he plays guitar for them.
Walter Longo playing guitar for his patient
- He appeared in the ninth episode of the second season of ‘Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman’ on July 27, 2011. In it he discussed his anti-aging research, saying,
I found a way to extend the life span of baker’s yeast to 10 times its normal length. Then I began studying the equivalent gene in mice and found that I was able to double their normal life span.
- He gave a TEDx talk on Fasting: Awakening Rejuvenation from Within on 6 December 2016.
- Walter runs two foundations, the Fondazione Walter Longo in Milan, Italy, and the Create Cures Foundation in Los Angeles, California, US.
- He donates all the profits earned from selling books to research and innovation programmes.
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