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What we got wrong last year
February 20, 2026 · by ImmortalityLab Editors · 5 min read
WH
A year-end retrospective on longevity claims that did not hold up.
Why we are writing this
Our editorial pieces are the places where we step back from a single paper and try to say something about the state of the field as a whole. They are opinionated on purpose, but still anchored in evidence.
The short version
Longevity is real, exciting and overhyped in roughly equal measure. The job of a good editor is to tell you which parts are which. This piece is our take today - we will happily update it when better data lands.
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This article is seed editorial content for the initial build of ImmortalityLab. Over time the editors will expand it with citations and links to primary literature.