Is there evidence for a limit to human lifespan?

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Biomarkers of aging: from molecules and surrogates to physiology and function.Physiological reviews · 2025
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2. Why Gilgamesh failed: the mechanistic basis of the limits to human lifespan.Nature aging · 2022
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3. Association of Leukocyte Telomere Length With Mortality Among Adult Participants in 3 Longitudinal Studies.JAMA network open · 2020
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4. Improvements to Healthspan Through Environmental Enrichment and Lifestyle Interventions: Where Are We Now?Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020
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5. Promoting healthspan and lifespan with caloric restriction in primates.Communications biology · 2019
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6. Biogerontology: research status, challenges and opportunities.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2018
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7. Are Trends in Dementia Incidence Associated With Compression in Morbidity? Evidence From The Framingham Heart Study.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2018
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8. Dong et al. reply.Nature · 2017
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9. The dynamic upper limit of human lifespan.F1000Research · 2017
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10. Assortative Mating by Ethnicity in Longevous Families.Frontiers in genetics · 2017
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11. Debate on human aging and lifespan.BioImpacts : BI · 2017
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12. Are We Reaching the Limits ofFrontiers in physiology · 2017
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13. Probabilistic forecasting of maximum human lifespan by 2100 using Bayesian population projections.Demographic research
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Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

3 authors.

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Abstract

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