The Future of Longevity: Could Humans Really Live to 150?

A TIME Magazine longevity panel, featuring Harvard’s David Sinclair, explores whether breakthroughs in AI, cellular rejuvenation, and research on sex differences could help today’s children live far longer.

(An image illustrating the possibility of some humans achieving a 150-year lifespan in the future | NAD.com)

David Sinclair and Jennifer Garrison discuss whether AI advancements, cellular rejuvenation techniques, and research on sex differences can make a 150-year lifespan possible.

Aging &amp; Longevity

<p>Model: Male C57BL/6J (B6) mice (15 months old at the start of treatment)</p>
<p>Dosage: Approximately 5 mg/kg/day of S-1-propenyl-L-cysteine (S1PC) was administered orally for 8 months, from 15 to 23 months of age. S1PC was given in chow containing 0.0025% S1PC, with a second experiment using drinking water to confirm the findings.</p>


Researchers found that a compound found in garlic supports healthier muscle aging by boosting cellular defenses linked to longevity and maintaining physical performance.

Skin &amp; Muscle

Finalist Teams Awarded $1 Million in XPrize Healthspan Contest to Transform Healthy Aging

The XPrize Healthspan—which will split $101 million among teams developing therapeutics to restore muscle, cognitive, and immune function in older adults—has named 10 teams receiving $1 million each.

(XPrize announced the finalists for its XPrize Healthspan competition | XPrize)

The XPrize Healthspan competition has named its top 20 finalist groups that will submit their aging intervention therapies for human trial testing.

By examining chemical tags on DNA that modulate our genes, scientists have discovered which genes are most affected by aging across more than a dozen human tissues.

The study was led by Dr. Nir Eynon from the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (image: vu.edu.au). 

Epigenetics

How to Slow Aging: 7 Tips from a Danish Aging Expert

Danish aging expert Morten Scheibye-Knudsen shares seven ways to slow aging, including taking NR (nicotinamide riboside) and the diabetes medication metformin.

(Professor Morten Scheibye-Knudsen | BBC Science Focus)

Danish aging expert Morten Scheibye-Knudsen does things like taking NR and metformin to slow his biological aging

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The Future of Longevity: Could Humans Really Live to 150?

Garlic-Derived Compound Activates a Natural Anti-Aging Pathway That Preserves Muscle Function

10 Finalist Teams Awarded $1 Million in XPrize Healthspan Contest to Transform Healthy Aging

Scientists Find a Gene That Is Altered Across All Tissues Tested

How to Slow Aging: 7 Tips from a Danish Aging Expert