Dudley Lamming
Expert on how nutrition can be used to promote healthy aging
Assistant Professor, Medicine School of Medicine and Public Health Work: 608-256-1901 — Home and cell phones available upon request lamming@wisc.edu Home page Twitter: @LammingLab
Topics
- Protein restriction and aging
- Branched-chain amino acids, obesity, and diabetes
- Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome
Achievements
- Discovered that many side effects of rapamycin, an FDA-approved drug that extends the lifespan of mice, are mediated by "off-target" inhibition of mTORC2.
- Discovered that protein restriction promotes metabolic health in humans and mice
- Discovered that restriction of dietary branched-chain amino acids promote metabolic health