Richard Weindruch
Expert on retarding the aging process by caloric restriction
Professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology School of Medicine and Public Health news@uwhealth.org Home page
Topics
- Caloric restriction and aging
- Caloric restriction and metabolism
- Caloric restriction and gene expression
Achievements
- Led team that discovered that caloric restriction can slow the aging process in primates, 2009
- Co-author, "The Retardation of Aging and Disease by Dietary Restriction," 1988
- Discovered that caloric restriction started in middle age can slow aging in mice, 1982