Extending Healthy Lifespan

Humans are poised at the threshold of remarkable changes in their relationship with time, sparked by extraordinary advances in the science of aging and the discovery that it can be dramatically slowed and even reversed. These advances mean that in the near future, human health might be dramatically improved not by individually treating many different age-driven maladies, including cardiovascular and neuro­degenerative diseases as well as cancer, but instead by treating only one: aging.
Even more startling, research has revealed that it is possible to reverse many aspects of age-related decline. These discoveries are leading to the development of interven­tions in the progression of aging, many of which are currently being tested in humans.

Dr. Joel Rothman is a Distinguished Professor, Wilcox Family Chair in Biotechnology, and Director of the Biomolecular Science and Engineering Program at UCSB. He inaugurated and directs the Center for Aging and Longevity Studies at the university. He has been engaged in longevity-related research for 32 years at three universities: UCSB, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and the University of Auckland.

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