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title: "Living to 120 and Beyond: Americans’ Views on Aging, Medical Advances and Radical Life Extension"
description: "If new medical treatments could slow the aging process and allow people to live decades longer, would you want to? Most Americans say no, but roughly two-thirds think that most other people would say yes."
date: "2013-08-06"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2013/08/06/americans-views-of-living-to-120-beyond/"
categories:
  - "Biotech"
  - "Health Policy"
  - "Older Adults & Aging"
---

# Living to 120 and Beyond: Americans’ Views on Aging, Medical Advances and Radical Life Extension