Jay Olshansky
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Conducted work published in 'Science' in 1990, demonstrating that curing cancer or heart attacks in people over 50 would only increase median human lifespan by less than 3%.
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175 - The biology of aging, rapamycin, and other interventions that target the aging process
Peter Attia MD
An academic who calculated that curing all cancers would only increase life expectancy by about three years, emphasizing the limited impact of disease-specific cures compared to targeting the biology of aging.
281 ‒ Longevity drugs, aging biomarkers, and updated findings from the Interventions Testing Program
Peter Attia MD
Conducted work published in 'Science' in 1990, demonstrating that curing cancer or heart attacks in people over 50 would only increase median human lifespan by less than 3%.