Dr. Martin Makary

FDA Commissioner

Appears in 1 story

Office: Commissioner of Food and Drugs

Born: Liverpool

Education: Harvard University, Bucknell University, Thomas Jefferson University

Last updated Nov 2, 2026

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The six-month cure: gene editing goes bespoke

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As of May 2026: Implementing plausible mechanism pathway

In August 2024, KJ Muldoon was born with a death sentence encoded in his DNA—a single broken letter among three billion that left his body unable to process protein. Six months later, he walked out of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, cured by a gene-editing therapy designed, manufactured, approved, and delivered in 180 days.

Updated May 19