Achieving healthy human longevity: A global grand challenge

Victor J Dzau; Elizabeth M Finkelman; Celynne A Balatbat; Eric M Verdin; Roderic I Pettigrew

doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.abd3816

Achieving healthy human longevity: A global grand challenge

Sci Transl Med. 2020 Oct 21;12(566):eabd3816. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abd3816.

Authors

Victor J Dzau^{1

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5}, Elizabeth M Finkelman^{1

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5}, Celynne A Balatbat^{1

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5}, Eric M Verdin^{1

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5}, Roderic I Pettigrew^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Victor J. Dzau is President of the National Academy of Medicine, Washington, DC 20001, USA. Email: vdzau@nas.edu.
² Elizabeth M. Finkelman is a Senior Program Officer at the National Academy of Medicine, Washington, DC 20001, USA. Email: efinkelman@nas.edu.
³ Celynne A. Balatbat is a Special Assistant to the President of the National Academy of Medicine, Washington, DC 20001, USA. Email: cbalatbat@nas.edu.
⁴ Eric M. Verdin is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA 94945, USA. Email: everdin@buckinstitute.org.
⁵ Roderic I. Pettigrew is Chief Executive Officer of Engineering Health at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA. Email: pettigrew@tamu.edu.

PMID: 33087500
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abd3816

Abstract

With continued advances in science and technology, there is great potential to extend our healthspan as we age.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Humans
Longevity*