Report: Health, Tech Industries Working to Extend Human Life Beyond 100 - Medical knowledge will double every 73 days by 2020
Report:
Health, Tech Industries Working to Extend Human Life Beyond 100
Wednesday,
08 May 2019 09:10 PM
The
industry focused on extending humans' lives beyond the normal lifespan could be
worth at least $600 billion in 2025 and the average lifespan could hit 100
years before we know it, according to a new report.
CNBC reported
on a study performed by two analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch that
found the race to help people live longer is moving at top speed.
There
are several pieces to the puzzle, including genomics, artificial intelligence,
food, and medicine. Companies such as Illumina, Alphabet, and Novartis are
working to solve the mystery of how to use science to increase lifespan.
"Medical
knowledge will double every 73 days by 2020 vs. every 3.5 (years) in 2010, and
genomic sequencing costs have fallen 99.999% since 2003," analysts Felix
Tran and Haim Israel wrote in their report. "This has enabled a new
frontier in precision medicine to further extend life expectancy, heralding a
'techmanity' (technology meets humanity) revolution."
The
technology could soon be developed to push the average lifespan over 100, Tran
and Israel found.
The
average lifespan in the United States is just under 79 years.
According
to a report last month, people who live to 105
have a good chance to continue living after that because of how cells work.
Another report last fall claimed that
the frst human to live to 1,000 years might already be alive.
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