History Main / LongevityTreatment

* In John Norman's ''Literature/{{Gor}}'' novels, the Caste of Physicians developed a treatment called the Stabilization Serums, which allowed the recipient to live for hundreds of years. The Priest-Kings, the PhysicalGods of the setting, have a similar treatment, the oldest being about 5,000,000 years old.

* The Lazarus Pits used by [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Ra's al Ghul]] rejuvenate him every century or so.

* The space marines' biological enhancements in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' setting allow them to live a millennium or more. Unenhanced human nobles have "rejuvenat", implied to be made from children.

* ''Webcomic/TheDragonDoctors'' reverse-engineered the effects of a FountainOfYouth. The Fountain itself is a deadly lake that regresses everything to nothing within its radius, but learning its magic has allowed other characters to get regular rejuvenation treatments.

** The sarcophagus can extend the life of a human without a [[PuppeteerParasite Goa'uld]] for 700 years or so, hosts for millennia. Unfortunately it makes the user megalomaniacal

* In Wil [=McCarthy=]'s ''The Queendom of Sol'' series, you can "print" a new body for yourself, and then have your mind transferred into it.

* Poulsen treatments in ''Creator/RobertReed'''s novel, ''The Remarkables''. It can greatly expand one's life (beyond the already genetically enhanced ~150 year lifespan), though the treatment leaves visible marks - one of the characters who has had extensive treatments has an almost young face, but wrinkled hands and oddly colored skin.

* In the ''TheTakeshiKovacsSeries'', people are implanted with "cortical stacks" at birth that record one's brain state so that when they die, they can be "resleeved" in a new body.

* The prolong treatments in the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' books. It's most blatant example is Honor's mother, Allison, who at 90 is still very attractive and capable of bearing children. And since Honor is a second generation recipient,she's likely to live even longer.

In many science-fiction works, both CyberPunk and SpaceOpera, it's not uncommon for humans, or at least the upper classes, to [[LongLived live for centuries]]. Most often this reason is some form of technology ranging from alien substances to gene therapy to nanomachines.

[[AC:Tabletop Games]]
* Anagathic drugs in ''TabletopGame/{{Traveller}}''.

* ''VideoGame/TheSims 2'' features a carnivorous plant that produces a substance that, when drunk, gives a Sim an extra day of life.

* A plot point in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' is "Project Laz'r'us", which was intended to circumvent humanity's [[WeAreAsMayflies short lifespans]] in comparison to many other sophonts using hyper-advanced nanotechnology. The nannies are also capable of repairing a clinically dead host and even making internal backups of the brain.

Examples:

* Rejuv in the ''AllianceUnion'' universe is made from a lifeform native to Cyteen and delays aging up to a century. Side effects include sterility and loss of hair color.
* The spice melange in ''{{Dune}}'' can extend lifespans up to 300 years.
* The ''[[RedMarsTrilogy Red Mars]]'' series features a specialized gene therapy referred to as a "gerontological treatment". The books span over two hundred years and most the major characters, many of whom where ''already'' in their 40s and 50s at the start of the series, are alive and active that entire time due to repeated use of the treatment.
* In Creator/RobertAHeinlein's future history series, particularly ''MethuselahsChildren'' and ''TimeEnoughForLove'', humanity develops a form of rejuvenation through blood replacement after a group of naturally long-lived people reveal themselves and then hijack a starship when the rest of the species demand they reveal their "secret". Later more advanced methods including complete body replacement are developed.

* In JohnScalzi's ''OldMansWar'', rejuvenation treatment via consciousness transfer to a genetically enhanced body is only available to military personnel--and the minimum age for joining the military is 75.

* LarryNiven's ''KnownSpace'' stories

** ''{{Ringworld}}''. There is an equivalent to boosterspice available on the title space construct.

* Anagathic drugs in ''{{Traveller}}''.
* A couple of nanosymbionts in ''GURPS TranshumanSpace'' extend life expectancy by 10 years and expensive "rejuvenation" treatments can actually reverse the aging process.
* The space marines' biological enhancements in ''{{Warhammer40000}}'' allow them to live a millenium or more. Unenhanced human nobles have "rejuvenat" implied to be made from children.

* ''TheSims 2'' features a carnivorous plant that produces a substance that, when drunk, gives a Sim an extra day of life.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' Poison Ivy under the guise of Dr. Demeter offers this treatment to rich industrialists but in reality is turning them into trees as karmic justice for their enviromental destruction. She has no qualms about going after thier friends or loved ones either.

* The space marines' biological enhancements in ''Warhammer40000'' allow them to live a millenium or more. Unenhanced human nobles have "rejuvenat" implied to be made from children.

A subtrope of ImmortalityInducer, usually results in LongLived or TheAgeless.

[[AC: Film]]
* In ''Film/InTime'' the aging gene has been "shut down" freezing aging at 25. But to prevent overpopulation and present an anvilicious message about income disparity people are programmed to die at a certain time and use their remaining time as currency.

[[AC: Literature]]
* Rejuv in the AllianceUnion universe is made from a lifeform native to Cyteen and delays aging up to a century. Side effects include sterility and loss of hair color.
* The spice melange in {{Dune}} can extend lifespans up to three hundred years.
* The ''[[RedMarsTrilogy Red Mars]]'' series features a specialized gene therapy referred to as a "gerontological treatment". The books span over two hundred years and most the major characters, many of whom where ''already'' in their 40s-50s at the start of the series, are alive and active that entire time due to repeated use of the treatment.
* In Heinlein's future history series, particularly ''MethuselahsChildren'' and ''TimeEnoughForLove'' humanity develops a form of rejuvenation through blood replacement after a group of naturally long-lived people reveal themselves and then hijack a starship when the rest of the species demand they reveal their "secret". Later more advanced methods including complete body replacement are developed.
* In the ''TheTakeshiKovacsSeries'' people are implanted with "cortical stacks" at birth that record one's brain state so that when they die they can be "resleeved" in a new body.

* In JohnScalzi's ''OldMansWar'', rejuvenation treatment via consciousness transfer to a genetically enhanced body is only available to military personnel--and the minimum age for joining the military is seventy-five.

* In John Norman's ''Literature/{{Gor}}'' novels, the Caste of Physicians developed a treatment called the Stabilization Serums, which allowed the recipient to live for hundreds of years. The Priest-Kings, the PhysicalGods of the setting have a similar treatment, the oldest being about 5,000,000 years old.

[[AC: Tabletop Games]]
* Anagathic drugs in {{Traveller}}.
* A couple of nanosymbionts in GURPS TranshumanSpace extend life expectancy by 10 years and expensive "rejuvenation" treatments can actually reverse the aging process.
* The space marines' biological enhancements in Warhammer40000 allow them to live a millenium or more. Unenhanced human nobles have "rejuvenat" implied to be made from children.

[[AC: Video Games]]
* TheSims 2 features a carnivorous plant that produces a substance that when drunk gives a Sim an extra day of life.
* In the ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' series humans commonly live to 150 or so due to gene therapies and drugs. Putting us in the mid-range for lifespans in that universe.

** There is a secret project called 'The Longevity Vaccine' and another one called 'Clinical Immortality'.
** It is mentioned that the player character goes through some sort of gene therapy on a regular basis to explain how they stay alive for the full five centuries of the game.

[[AC: Web Comics]]
* A plot point in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' is "Project Laz'r'us" which was intended to circumvent humanity's [[WeAreAsMayflies short lifespans]] in comparison to many other sophonts using hyper-advanced nanotechnology. The nannies are also capable of repairing a clinically dead host and even making internal backups of the brain.
* In the future of ''Webcomic/{{SSDD}}'' the wealthy are able to afford implants that extend lifespans until an accident kills them. At least two of [[MegaCorp Maytec's]] board of directors are in their fifties and appear to be twenty.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' life extension drugs are apparently available over the counter. At one point Florence (an [[UpliftedAnimal uplifted]] red wolf) states that her projected lifespan of 160 years is slightly shorter than a human's.
* In ''Webcomic/EscapeFromTerra'' rejuvenation treatments are one of many examples of bio- and nano- technology that are officially banned on earth. Reggie King and Babbette the elder undergo the treatment on Mars, and the first man on Mars is a great-great-great-grandparent who looks no older than thirty.