abstract:Valter D. Longo is an American biogerontologist and cell biologist known for his studies on the role of starvation 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.
Austad referenced a very small study of 10 patients by ValterLongo, a gerontologist at USC, in which patients who cut back their calorie intake before getting chemotherapy had fewer side effects.