Humans Could Live Around 115 Years, Study Says

The researchers believe that humans could live to a maximum of about 115 years. On the other hand, they said that only a few people may live longer.

The findings of the study were printed in the journal Nature. The team of researchers in New York examined data on human longevity. The study was found to be affirmative yet some people said it is a dismal travesty, according to BBC News.

In the study, the team analyzed the data from the Human Mortality Database. They also examined the deaths of super-centenarians, those who were over 110, in U.S., UK, France and Japan. The findings indicate that the life expectancy was slowing in centenarians. It also suggests that the maximum age of death of humans had shown no progress for at least two decades.

Professor Jan Vijg, a researcher from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine said that in humans aged over 105 they make very little progress. This signifies that people are most likely approaching the limit to human life.

"For the first time in history we've been able to see this, it looks like the maximum life span - this ceiling, this barrier - is about 115 years." Prof. Vijg further said that it is impossible that you'll go beyond 115 years and there is a very small chance to live up to 125 years. He also describes aging as having amassed damages to DNA and other molecules. The body can repair some of the damages yet at the end there is so much to restore and causes collapsing, as noted by New York Times.

Prof. Vijg recommends lengthening the years of healthy living instead of extending the life spans. He refers healthy living as having healthy habits and probably drugs that could restore the cellular damages that come as humans get older. He concluded that there is a good chance to improve health span and that is the most significant thing.