• Question: in the future will we be able to live longer

    Asked by Alchemistes to Carolyn, Peter, Richard, Sara, Siana on 6 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Richard Unwin

      Richard Unwin answered on 6 Nov 2015:

      We already are living longer than we did in the 20th century. See the graph here:

      Will we ever live to our 120s, for example? Who knows. There’s good studies that show certain diets help extend life, and even that putting ‘young’ blood into and ‘old’ mouse makes the old mice behave young again. We need to understand why that happens, but the answer to your question is probably ‘yes’.

    • Photo: Sara Falcone

      Sara Falcone answered on 6 Nov 2015:

      I agree with Richard, probably yes.
      But longer doesn’t really mean better life. I hope that longevity will go at the same pace as healthy ageing… or living longer will not be the pleasant experience that we would like it to be.

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