Optimism on the Timeline for Extending Human Lifespans by 20 Years or More

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2024/03/optimism-on-the-timeline-for-extending-human-lifespans-by-20-years-or-more/

In the interview noted here, Aubrey de Grey of the Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) Foundation makes a bold prediction of 12-15 years as to when we might see the advent of the first therapies capable of extending the healthy human life span by a few decades, allowing older people to live long enough to benefit from following improvements to further extend their healthy life spans. It is worth bearing in mind that the creation of novel therapies doesn’t mean widespread use or even easy availability of those therapies. Further, it is unlikely that we’ll know the effects on human life span of any given combination of novel rejuvenation therapies until at least ten to twenty years have passed, particularly if the therapies are not widely used.

As they sa…

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2024/03/optimism-on-the-timeline-for-extending-human-lifespans-by-20-years-or-more/

In the interview noted here, Aubrey de Grey of the Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) Foundation makes a bold prediction of 12-15 years as to when we might see the advent of the first therapies capable of extending the healthy human life span by a few decades, allowing older people to live long enough to benefit from following improvements to further extend their healthy life spans. It is worth bearing in mind that the creation of novel therapies doesn’t mean widespread use or even easy availability of those therapies. Further, it is unlikely that we’ll know the effects on human life span of any given combination of novel rejuvenation therapies until at least ten to twenty years have passed, particularly if the therapies are not widely used.

As they sa…

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