How Long Could Humans Live If We Cured Aging? People Might Live to 200 Years Before DNA Damage Kills Them
A new study from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology suggests that even if all major diseases of aging were cured, human lifespan would likely be capped at around 200 years due to accumulated DNA damage. The research highlights the biological limits imposed by somatic mutations.
How long would humans live if we cured aging? Not merely slowing it but preventing the gradual breakdown that causes muscles to weaken, organs to deteriorate and diseases such as dementia and heart failure to become more common. A new study offers a provocative answer. Even under that almost unimaginably optimistic scenario, most people might not live much beyond 200.
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