10,000 yearsago, theaveragehumanlifelastedjustover 30 years, andthen a hundredyearsagothatnumberwasupto 50, andifyouwereborninthelastfewdecadesinthedevelopedworld, thenyourlifeexpectancyis 80 years.
There's a newseriesonNationalGeographicChannelwhichwasdevelopedwithGEandtheshow's creatorswantedtopresentmytakeonaging, so I'm hereattheGEGlobalResearchCentretotalktoprincipalscientistDr. FionaGinty.
Agingisnotrecognizedas a disease. I mean, thereareplentyofdiseaseswedoacknowledgelikediabetes, heartdisease, Alzheimer's, andattheircore, agingmayberesponsibleforallofthem.
To a greatextent, yes. There's only a finitenumberoftimes a cellwilldivide.
ある程度はそうですね。細胞が分裂する回数は限られています。
A keydiscoverywasmadeby a biologistnamedHayflick. Hewasstudyingnormalhumancellsandwhathefoundwasthattheycanonlydivide a finitenumberoftimes, onaverage, it's about 50.
Overthepasthundredyears, developmentsinmedicinehaveincreasedhumanlifespanmorethanwecouldhaveimagined, and I canonlyexpectthatthenexthundredyearswillbringsimilarlyincredibleresults.
10,000 yearsago, theaveragehumanlifelastedjustover 30 years, andthen a hundredyearsagothatnumberwasupto 50, andifyouwereborninthelastfewdecadesinthedevelopedworld, thenyourlifeexpectancyis 80 years.