Medicine & Longevity
Comprehensive diagnostics and healthy longevity
How can people live healthier lives?
Start with the big picture. Open the sections below to see the evidence and future goals.
Progress Scale progress
73.3 · Global life expectancy
healthy years ≈ 62 · editorial longevity target: 120 years
Steps toward the future
Explore the milestone ladder
- doneSmallpox eradicated1980LEVEL 2
- doneFirst FDA-approved CRISPR therapy (Casgevy, sickle cell disease)2023LEVEL 2
- donePersonalized mRNA cancer vaccine passes Phase 3Aug 2026 (melanoma)LEVEL 2
- nextEradicate wild polio (36 reported cases in 2026)Target not achieved · report: 23 Sep 2026LEVEL 2
- plannedHealthy life expectancy passes 70 worldwideLEVEL 3
- plannedMajority of cancers curable or chronic-managedLEVEL 3
- farScalable HIV cure; Alzheimer's reversalLEVEL 4
- farComprehensive portable diagnosticsLEVEL 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
Level 2: polio eradicated; cancer survival ≥ 85%; mRNA cancer vaccines approved
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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
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Polio's last 29 cases sit in two conflict zones: the final rung is a Peace problem.
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