Senior Scholar Award in Aging
Leonard Guarente, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Molecular analysis of mammalian aging

Dr. Guarente is extending his studies of genetic mechanisms of aging in yeast to mammals. He intends to determine changes in rDNA that accumulate with age in mice. He will then generate transgenic mice with specific rDNA changes in order to test whether specific changes cause aging.

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