Be the Change We Wish to See: Join the Spring CMT Research Challenge
By: Chelsea Layton, living with CMT1A My name is Chelsea, and I have CMT1A. The disease is scattered throughout my dad’s side of the family. I’ve been recovering from my 10th foot surgery due to CMT for five months. My weeks consist of endless...Promising Research Results Point to Potential Cures for Two Most Common Forms of CMT
By: Keith Fargo, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer Momentum is building in the development of gene therapies for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Landmark back-to-back research publications offer innovative approaches to potentially curing the two most common forms of CMT....
Biopharma Leader Joseph Mulvey Joins CMT Research Foundation Board of Directors to Help Deliver Treatments & Cures
The CMT Research Foundation, a nonprofit solely focused on delivering treatments and cures for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, is pleased to announce that Joseph Mulvey, MBA, PMP, has joined its board of directors. Mr. Mulvey is the founder and president of...
7 Ideas for Personal Fundraising Success
By: Chelsea Layton, living with CMT1A If you want to make a difference in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease research but fundraising feels overwhelming to you, have no fear! Getting started in fundraising is easier than you think. Fundraising isn’t about holding elaborate...
Important Research News Announcements
- Macrophages influence Schwann cell myelin autophagy after nerve injury and in a model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease May 20, 2023
- TGFβ4 alleviates the phenotype of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A May 5, 2023
- DGIST Professor Minseok Kim’s team develops an electronic medicine technology that restores abnormal protein behavior, the cause of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT) March 31, 2023
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathies: current gene therapy advances and the route towards translation March 25, 2023
- MFN2-dependent recruitment of ATAT1 coordinates mitochondria motility with alpha-tubulin acetylation and is disrupted in CMT2A March 17, 2023
- Boosting peripheral BDNF rescues impaired in vivo axonal transport in CMT2D mice March 16, 2023
- Restoring Neurofilaments to Axons in a Mouse Model of CMT2E March 1, 2023
- Full-length isoform sequencing for resolving the molecular basis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth 2A February 8, 2023
- Torin1 restores proliferation rate in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A cells harbouring MFN2 (mitofusin 2) mutation February 3, 2023
- Novel Variants in MPV17, PRX, GJB1 , and SACS Cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth and Spastic Ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay Type Diseases January 30, 2023