Kronos Longevity Research Institute (//www.kronosinstitute.org/aging.html) provides a perspective on aging and longevity based on the research of its scientists.
"I'm deeply worried about it," said Francis S. Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, who added that obesity is "almost certain to result in a serious downturn in longevity based on the risks people are taking on".
"My confidence that there is a loving God who cares at all for your health or your longevity, based on what I see in the physical universe, is so low that it is not something that I would spend any time investing in, to try to explore any further about whether or not it's true," he says.
But Monaghan is critical of any attempt to predict an individual's longevity based on telomeres.
However, during the last 30 years, several researchers have found a negative correlation between greater height and longevity based on relatively homogeneous deceased population samples.
Without an obvious way to monetize those apps and with Creations' longevity – based on the track record of similar efforts – far from guaranteed, it's hard to see how the developer community will be persuaded to jump on-board.
