1. Valter D Longo was born on 1967 and is an Italian-American biogerontologist and cell biologist known for his studies on the role of fasting and nutrient response genes on cellular protection aging and diseases and for proposing that longevity is regulated by similar genes and mechanisms in many eukaryotes.
Valter Longo is currently a professor at the USC Davis School of Gerontology with a joint appointment in the department of Biological Sciences as well as serving as the director of the USC Longevity Institute.
Valter Longo was born into a Calabrian family in the northern Italian city of Genoa in 1967.
Valter Longo graduated from the University of North Texas in 1992.
Valter Longo is the Edna M Jones Professor of Gerontology and Biological Sciences, as well as the director of the Longevity Institute at the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California, and the Longevity and Cancer Program at the IFOM Institute of Molecular Oncology in Milan, Italy.
In 2018, Valter Longo led a team of researchers from the University of Southern California and Harvard University, focusing on interventions to protect against aging and disease.
Valter Longo's research is focused on the fasting-mimicking diet.
Valter Longo stated that the purpose of creating FMD was not to promote weight loss but to help end the global medical culture centered on pill consumption.
MIT Technology Review reported that while ProLon was a commercial success, Valter Longo was concerned about its potential impact on his scientific reputation.
In 2011, Valter Longo was profiled on Through the Wormhole for his longevity-related research.
In 2018, Valter Longo was named one of the fifty most influential people in health care by Time, which called him "the fasting evangelist", and in 2021 Science called him a pioneer in the nutrition and cancer field.