Sentences with phrase «maximum human lifespan»
Others say that the steady increase in life expectancy and maximum human lifespan seen during the last century will eventually stop.
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The maximum lifespan for most people may be around 115, because of the innate limits of the human body, according to new research.
«I am positive that the human maximum lifespan could be raised beyond 122 using technologies that exist now,» he says.
If it wasn't possible to extend the maximum lifespan in humans, says Faragher, «this would make us different from every other experimental species we've tried».
Although of course there are a number of caveats since mice can be cured from cancer at higher rates, they don't suffer from some of our diseases, they are sensitive to being handled (if grabbing them can shorten their lifespan through stress, the mouse version of standard human medical care may do the same), so I guess that increases in maximum lifespan are indeed the only reliable indicator that an intervention is impacting age - related mortality.
Maximum lifespan of chimps and gorillas is 50 - 60, but in humans it is 120.