Professor Yevgeny Rogaev, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, points out that 120 years is the maximum lifespan for a human being and is likely genetically determined.
"The maximum lifespan has remained constant for centuries, even millennia, despite all medical developments," he says at the "Bioinformatics of Genome Organization and Structure/System Biology" conference in Novosibirsk. "No cases of lifespan longer than 114 years, which is the confirmed case, or 120 years, which is the uncertain case, have been recorded. This means that this is a limitation specific to the human race, and is undoubtedly related to genetic programming."
According to him, the most important achievement of medicine is increasing life expectancy.
He explains: "The average life expectancy in some medically advanced countries has reached 80-85 years. This is primarily due to combating diseases, including infectious diseases, even in childhood."
It should be noted that the 15th International Interdisciplinary Conference entitled “Bioinformatics of Genome Organization and Structure/Systems Biology” (BGRS/SB-2026) will be held from 6 to 11 July 2026, at Novosibirsk State University, and is organized by the Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
