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Leonard P. Guarente is a Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, affiliated with the Department of Biology. His research focuses on the genetic underpinning of aging and age-related diseases, particularly in mammalian brains. He investigates aging in humans and mice, aiming to identify pathways and genes involved in brain aging and related conditions such as Alzheimer’s. His work also includes studies on muscular dystrophy and muscle loss with aging. Guarente's research combines bioinformatics and functional analyses to explore aging mechanisms across different organisms.