The maximum lifespan could increase to 120 years, Yevgeny Kuznetsov, futurologist and Singularity University authorized representative in Russia, said sharing his forecast. The prognosis, he said, concerns at least those aged under 30, he said.
“Today, scientists agree that given the current tempo of the healthcare advancement, those who are now aged under 30 could live for up to 120 years”, Yevgeny Kuznetsov said addressing the conference Innovations In Kid Nutrition: A Step Towards Future’s Intellect at the Skolkovo innovations center.
During the industrial revolutions that have already taken place, breakthrough scientific discoveries, including antibiotics, served as drivers for prolongations of life, while today human intellect will play a key role; people’s preventive care of their health, including dietary regimen, regular exercise and sleep schedule, will be the major factor for prolonging life expectancy. According to Kuznetsov, today there are many regular solutions as regards controlling sleeping schedule and diet regime, which make for living an easier and most vigorous life and are used my a greater number of people.
“However, all these solutions require intellect”, Kuznetsov emphasized.
He noted that eventually, the lifespan will directly depend on how wise and responsible a person’s approach will be. This opinion is echoed by Alexander Ostrovsky, founder of the Invitro diagnostics lab network.
Today, venture investors, technology companies and pharmaceutical manufacturers are actively invest in the prolongation of life. The main area is developments in dietary and nutrition sciences, which allows for increasing life expectancy. Among the companies actively involved in developing such solutions is Nutricia, part of the Danon food products corporation; the company has developed an innovative baby food product – infant milk and the baby formula which is developed on the basis of lipid research to be as close to breast milk as possible. According to Nutricia medical director Alexandra Surzhik, it is the lipid component of the nutrition that serves as a major factor for developing brain structures.
Yevgeny Kuznetsov is also general director of Orbita Kapital Partners, company which provides financial services and is the managing company of the Digital Evolution Ventures fund (part of State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom).