Leonard Guarente, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Biology Professor Cambridge, Massachusetts leng@mit.edu Office: (617) 258-7360

Bio/Research

Leonard P. Guarente is an American biologist best known for his research on life span extension in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. He is currently at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he is Novartis Professor of Biology.