A recent article was published about how to beat the record for longest lifespan in humans, currently held by Jeanne Calment of France who died at the age of 122 in 1997.
Although the number of centenarians (people 100 years old or older) is doubling every 10 years, maximum longevity has remained the same — Calment’s record has not been eclipsed in the last 25 years.
This has led some researchers to believe maximum lifespan is fixed in humans and subject to natural limits.
That is not the case for Dr. Mikhail Blagosklonny, a scientist who studies aging and the author of this most recent article in the journal Oncoscience. Dr. Blagosklonny believes that a mere application of standard medical care to centenarians, as rigorously as to younger adults, would probably extend lifespan beyond 122, even without the need of a scientific breakthrough.
Going a step further, he says such scientific breakthroughs are happening now and drugs that slow down aging are becoming available.
Dr. Blagoskonny outlines several proven “anti-aging interventions” that have not been rolled out to the human population at large, let alone to the oldest adults.
He is most bullish on the drug rapamycin, which has been shown to increase lifespan in every organism it's been tested in, from…
