We think there are lifestyle factors that boost telomerase naturally.

If a test showed you had telomere shortening, it would be a red flag suggesting you should take a look at possible risk factors.

The goal is to learn more about telomere length and other markers of ageing, how best to measure these markers, how they are related to health and lifestyle, and how people respond to learning their own telomere length results.

Medicine has been successful by treating diseases in a very specific way once the damage is done. But telomere length integrates a lot of factors together and gives you an overall picture of risk for what is now emerging as a lot of diseases that tend to occur together, such as diabetes and heart disease.

If we think of our chromosomes - they carry our genetic material - as being like shoelaces, I work on the plastic tips at the end that protect them.

I think an ample current account surplus is one of the factors that can boost the won and prompt intervention in the first quarter.