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Scientific Goals for an Aging World
a University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA b Alliance for Aging Research, Washington, DC, USA c University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA d International Longevity Center, New York, New York, USA
Key Words: aging • interventions • mortality
Address for correspondence: S. Jay Olshansky, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 West Taylor Street, Room 885, Chicago, IL 60612. Voice: 1-312-355-4668; fax: 1-847-537-7188. sjayo{at}uic.edu
The aging of humanity is about to experience a radical change as the demographic transformation to an older world is approaching its final stage. In recent decades, scientists have learned enough about the biological aging processes that many believe it will become possible to slow aging in humans. We contend that the social, economic, and health benefits that would result from such advances may be thought of as "longevity dividends," and that they should be aggressively pursued as the new approach to health promotion and disease prevention in the 21st century. The time has arrived for governments and national and international healthcare organizations to make research into healthy aging a major research priority.
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