The oldest man alive today is 115-years-old. But will Jiroemon Kimura
be alive at the age of 150? Probably not, but Dr. Aubrey de Grey believes
that the first person capable of living to 150 is already alive.
De Grey believes that advances in technology and medicine will
soon enable people to live long past 100-years-old.
De Grey said: “I've always been fastidious in only saying that the first such
person is PROBABLY alive today. I would estimate the chance at 90%, though
that could fall as low as 70% if funding for the relevant research in
the coming decade or two is not sharply increased.”
De Grey likened the situation to an old car, saying that if you take care of a car
it will run for a very long time. The same is true with the human body.
De Grey said: “It’s always been a mystery to me why this isn't totally obvious to everyone.
Do we let cars fall apart when they get old? – yes in general, but not if we really
want them not to – that’s why we have 50 year old VW Beetles driving around, and
even vintage cars. It’s bizarre that people don’t see that the exact same thing is
true of the machine we call the human body, just that that machine is a lot
more complicated so the development of sufficiently comprehensive
preventative maintenance is a lot more challenging.”
De Grey said that he has “no data” to confirm his prediction but that
doesn't mean that living to 150 isn't possible.
A recent study in Science claims that an anti-aging found in red wine could help
people to live to 150-years-old. Professor David Sinclair, from UNSW Medicine, said
that there are more than 117 anti-aging drugs, which would also fight diabetes, cancer, and
Alzheimer’s, use an enzyme called SIRT1. The anti-aging drugs
could be on the shelf in the next five years.
Sinclair said: “Ultimately, these drugs would treat one disease, but unlike
drugs of today, they would prevent 20 others … In effect, they would slow ageing.”
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