Overview
- State TV audio from Beijing captured Putin musing about continual organ transplants and Xi noting predictions of 150-year lifespans, with Kim present nearby.
- Putin later acknowledged he and Xi had discussed biotechnology and organ replacement as ways to extend active life.
- British experts, including the British Transplantation Society’s president and Sir Muir Gray, criticized the remarks as scientifically untenable and ethically misguided, rejecting repeated or whole-body transplants as a longevity strategy.
- Russia has formalized a longevity program called New Health Preservation Technologies, with state media reporting multi‑year funding and calls for proposals in areas such as cellular aging and bioprinting.
- A 2021 United Nations Human Rights report alleged organ harvesting in China, intensifying concerns about the sources and governance of any organ-dependent life‑extension efforts.