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Dr. Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas

Dr. Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas

Lead Physician-Scientist, Metabolic Disease Program

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The six-month cure: gene editing goes bespoke

New Capabilities

Leading expansion to umbrella trial for 7 urea cycle disorders

In August 2024, KJ Muldoon was born with a death sentence encoded in his DNAβ€”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 that didn't exist when he was diagnosed. The treatment was designed, manufactured, approved, and delivered in 180 days.

Updated Jan 7