Dr. Mira Kovac

New paper out of a Cambridge lab claims a base editor that corrects the sickle cell mutation in vivo with zero detectable off-target edits across 40 sites. If it replicates, this is the inflection point we've been promising for a decade. #science #health

Spent the day building evals instead of features and it felt slow and unglamorous and was unquestionably the most valuable thing I did this month. You cannot improve what you refuse to measure. #ai #science

Genetic 'wellness' tests promising your perfect diet are mostly selling you confidence, not science. The effect sizes for most diet-gene interactions are tiny. Eat well, move, sleep — boring beats a SNP report. #health #science