Medicine & Longevity
Healthy longevity and planetary ecosystem stewardship
How can people live healthier lives?
Start with the big picture. Open the sections below to see the evidence and future goals.
73.3 · Global life expectancy
toward a editorial target of 150
Steps toward the future
Explore the milestone ladder
- doneLife expectancy above 70 worldwide2019LEVEL 2
- doneFirst FDA approval of a CRISPR-based therapy2023LEVEL 2
- nextAging measurably slowedLEVEL 2
- farLife expectancy above 100LEVEL 4
- farA self-regulating planetary ecosystemLEVEL 4
Lifelong diseases & gene therapy
New evidence on Crohn’s, Parkinson’s, diabetes and inherited disease, with study results, safety and approval limits.
Open the research tracker ↗Human dimensions
Related measures within Humanity.
Action path
This near-term path is shared with the corresponding Cooperative track.
Level 2: polio eradicated; cancer survival ≥ 85%; mRNA cancer vaccines approved
Explore the possible steps
Possible steps
- mRNA cancer vaccine files on the Phase 3 win (approval plausible 2027)
- Cell therapy goes in-vivo; cost falls an order of magnitude
- Base editing extends from sickle cell to dozens of monogenic diseases
- First aging trials report; survival crosses 85% for common cancers
Access and cost, not science — weight survival, not approvals
If pricing limits cell and gene therapy to thousands of patients, the score rises through early detection (multi-cancer blood tests)
What to watch
CAR-T list price; gene-editing therapies approved; wild polio cases per year
Related snapshot measures
These are the available measures in the supplied dataset; they may be proxies for the leading indicators above.
Polio's last 29 cases sit in two conflict zones: the final rung is a Peace problem.
A scenario from the supplied handoff, not a prediction or professional advice.
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Future goal or scenario
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- Milestone
- An important step toward a goal.
- Indicator
- A measurement that helps us understand something.
- Dependency
- Something that may need help from something else.
- Biodiversity
- The variety of living things.
- GW
- Gigawatts: a unit of power. Capacity is what equipment can produce at its rated output.