Fox 11 LA quoted USC Leonard Davis School Professor Valter Longo about using fasting-mimicking diets to defy aging. “The job of diet is to kill off damaged cells and a lot of cellular components that are damaged, and then turn on stem cells and replace damaged components with new components,” Longo said. “If you can live 10 years longer, but you can now eliminate diseases, whether it’s Alzheimer’s or cancer or cardiovascular disease, that’s really the goal.”
Next Avenue quoted USC Leonard Davis School Distinguished Scholar in Residence and Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging Chair Paul Irving on what lies ahead for older workers. “Older people have so much to offer as workers, colleagues and mentors. It is in the business community’s self-interest to recruit, train, promote and retain them,” Irving said.
Entrepreneur featured a column by Kevin Xu, who mentioned a gift by to the USC Leonard Davis School to fund the Brighten Award for Entrepreneurial Gerontology.
Nature Podcast featured Associate Professor Sean Curran on a panel discussing the challenges of aging. “Aging occurs at all levels of the body, from organs and tissues to cells and the basic molecules that make up those cells,” Curran said.
Next Avenue quoted Paul Irving, USC Leonard Davis School Distinguished Scholar in Residence and Chair of the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging, on personal finance forecasts for people over 50. Irving said he expects that in the next five years, Americans 50 and older will increasingly look for investments that focus on enhancing the lives of older adults, which will “further expand awareness and capital access to drive growth in the longevity economy.”
CNN quoted Valter Longo of the USC Leonard Davis School on the difficulties associated with ensuring study patients follow strict caloric restrictions.
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