{"id":242759,"date":"2026-08-15T17:03:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T22:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/humans-could-live-for-centuries-aubrey-de-grey"},"modified":"2026-08-15T17:03:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T22:03:20","slug":"humans-could-live-for-centuries-aubrey-de-grey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/humans-could-live-for-centuries-aubrey-de-grey","title":{"rendered":"Humans Could Live for Centuries | Aubrey de Grey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v6X6LZscBAw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Aubrey de Grey believes ageing is accumulated damage in a biological machine and argues that medicine may eventually become capable of repairing that damage faster than it appears. He gives humanity a 50\/50 chance of reaching what he calls \u201clongevity escape velocity\u201d within the next 12\u201315 years.<\/p>\n<p>Peter and Aubrey discuss why the body ages, the seven categories of damage that must be repaired, stem-cell and gene therapies, the mouse experiment that could transform the field and why Aubrey believes rejuvenation treatment will ultimately be available to everyone rather than reserved for the wealthy.<\/p>\n<p>They also explore what happens to population, work, fertility, relationships, religion and the meaning of life if people stop getting sick from ageing. Aubrey explains why AI cannot replace the missing biological experiments, why longevity research remains so difficult to fund, and why he is driven by the 110,000 people he says die from ageing-related causes every day.<\/p>\n<p>TIMESTAMPS:<br \/> 00:00:00 \u2014 Trailer.<br \/> 00:00:48 \u2014 Can We Cure Ageing?<br \/> 00:04:24 \u2014 The 12\u201315 Year Prediction.<br \/> 00:06:17 \u2014 The Body Is a Machine.<br \/> 00:15:21 \u2014 How Aubrey Entered Longevity.<br \/> 00:18:45 \u2014 Would You Want to Live Forever?<br \/> 00:20:15 \u2014 Does Longevity Change Risk?<br \/> 00:21:53 \u2014 Will Population Explode?<br \/> 00:24:22 \u2014 Can You Choose Your Age?<br \/> 00:30:19 \u2014 The Seven Types of Ageing Damage.<br \/> 00:36:54 \u2014 What Rejuvenation Treatment Looks Like.<br \/> 00:45:35 \u2014 Will It Be Expensive?<br \/> 00:48:39 \u2014 Who Would Refuse It?<br \/> 00:53:00 \u2014 Why Longevity Research Lacks Funding.<br \/> 00:56:02 \u2014 The Mouse Experiment.<br \/> 01:00:18 \u2014 The Breakthrough That Changes Everything.<br \/> 01:01:35 \u2014 Does Death Give Life Meaning?<br \/> 01:05:22 \u2014 Bryan Johnson and AI<br \/> 01:12:32 \u2014 AlphaFold, AGI and AI Risk.<br \/> 01:15:13 \u2014 Why Funding Is So Hard.<\/p>\n<p>CONTACT PETE:<br \/> \u203a Website \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petermccormack.com\/\">https:\/\/www.petermccormack.com\/<\/a><br \/> \u203a Feedback \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petermccormack.com\/contact\">https:\/\/www.petermccormack.com\/contact<\/a>.<br \/> \u203a Email \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:me@petermccormack.com.\">me@petermccormack.com.<\/a><br \/> \u203a Instagram \u2013 \/ mccormack555<br \/> \u203a X\/Twitter \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petermccormack\/\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/petermccormack\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CONNECT WITH AUBREY DE GREY:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/humans-could-live-for-centuries-aubrey-de-grey\">Continue reading \u201cHumans Could Live for Centuries | Aubrey de Grey\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aubrey de Grey believes ageing is accumulated damage in a biological machine and argues that medicine may eventually become capable of repairing that damage faster than it appears. He gives humanity a 50\/50 chance of reaching what he calls \u201clongevity escape velocity\u201d within the next 12\u201315 years. Peter and Aubrey discuss why the body ages, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}