00:00Life expectancy has increased from just 46.3 years in 1900 to 76.4 years in 2023.
00:11That's a 65% increase over only around 100 years.
00:14That's due in large part to advances in treating illnesses.
00:17But it also prompts the question, how long could humans potentially live?
00:21The oldest person who ever walked the earth died at the age of 122.
00:25But many are looking far beyond even that.
00:27Unfortunately, aging is part of our DNA.
00:30And it has limits with regards to its ability to heal itself.
00:33Meaning even in the absence of disease, eventually your body's cells will enter a state of cellular senescence.
00:38Or when they can no longer reproduce but they also don't die.
00:41According to a study by researchers at the UCL Institute of Prion Diseases,
00:45these can then float around inside you and actually become destructive as we age.
00:49Usually by around age 60.
00:51At that point, our immune system can no longer adequately get rid of them.
00:54And this is all due to damage and wear and tear on our DNA over time.
00:58But now researchers are looking to stop that as well.
01:01So if hypothetically we can treat every illness, how long do experts believe we could live?
01:05Will the higher estimates put human potential lifespan at around 150 years?
01:09Though some say if we can prevent DNA damage, mitigate cell damaging free radicals,
01:14and prevent cell oxidation, we could unlock eternal life.
01:17Will the higherどう información should that be used?
01:21If anybody else could notice the disease test for one part of us,
01:22or if anybody else could lashes without further further understanding the risk for not finding any improvement,
01:23then we could OPAH below it.
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