The pair were overheard discussing the science of immortality (Image: Getty)
Claims made by Xi Jinping to Vladimir Putin about the ability of humans to live to 150 years old and beyond are "unfounded", a leading scientist has said. The Chinese leader was heard making the comments last week as the Russian dictator attended a military parade in Beijing.
Unaware he could be heard on a microphone, Xi told Putin via a translator: "Earlier, people rarely lived to 70, but these days at 70 you are still a child." The Russian president responded: "With the development of biotechnology, human organs can be continuously transplanted and people can live younger and younger, and even achieve immortality." Xi replied: "Predictions are, this century, there is also a chance of living to 150." Whilst funding research to increase aging or achieve immortality might sound like the stuff of science fiction, both Beijing and Moscow have invested significant sums in just that. The Kremlin is known to have fast-tracked anti-aging research on cellular degeneration, cognitive decline and the immune system.
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The pair were heard discussing methods to increase life to 150 years (Image: Getty)
Additionally, Beijing has invested millions in nanotechnology-delivered hydrogen therapy and compounds such as betaine and lithocholic acid in a bid to slow down the aging process and prolong the quality of life of humans in their later years.
However James Markmann, executive council president at the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, shot down the leaders' claims that human beings could start to live to 150 thanks to transplants, saying they are "unfounded".
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He said: “There is currently no evidence suggesting that living to 150 years of age is possible through organ transplantation.
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“While there is much interest in related research and some progress in intervening in the aging process, there is no evidence that a 150-year lifespan can currently be achieved.”
He added: “The concerning idea here is that there is a surplus of organs available that can consistently be replenished for a single individual to prolong their life; this is simply not the case.”
Attempts to achieve immortality date back to ancient times (Image: Getty)
The pursuit of immortality is not new to the human race, with history littered by the wealthy exploring ways of prolonging their time on earth and achieving indefinite life.
From ancient Egyptians mummifying themselves to seek entry into the afterlife or Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor’s Terracotta Army, leaders throughout history have attempted to cheat the system.
In the modern world, a growing movement amongst tech leaders in Silicon Valley have begun to pour millions into "biohacking" and cryonics in an effort to live far beyond a century.
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Elizabeth Wishnick, an expert on Sino-Russian relations and senior research scientist at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA), told Politico the pursuit of immortality is often another frontier for those who have achieved almost everything they can on Earth.
She said of billionaires and leaders: They want to go into outer space, they want to go underwater … the human body for them is just another frontier.
“It’s logical for people who don’t feel limits to try to extend those boundaries.”
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