CMT Research Foundation has invested in a research project with XtRNA Bio aimed to develop a new viral gene therapy for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2D. How GARS1 Mutations Drive CMT2D CMT2D is caused by mutations in the GARS1 gene, which encodes glycyl-tRNA...
Applied Therapeutics recently presented findings from their INSPIRE Phase 2/3 clinical trial of govorestat (AT-007) for the treatment of Sorbitol Dehydrogenase Deficiency, a subtype of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, at the Peripheral Nerve Society’s 2025 Annual Meeting...
CMT Research Foundation has invested in a research project with Asha Therapeutics to investigate the therapeutic potential of inhibiting SARM1 (Sterile alpha and TIR motif-containing protein 1) using their novel drug, ASHA-624, for the treatment of Charcot-Marie-Tooth...
Researchers at Vanderbilt University have made significant progress in the development of small molecules aimed at treating Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease types caused by mutations in the PMP22 gene, which include CMT1A, CMT1E and hereditary neuropathy with liability to...
Since launching their collaboration with CMT Research Foundation in November 2024, researchers at 82VS, the venture studio of Alloy Therapeutics, have made rapid progress and are ahead of schedule testing their novel technology focused on improving RNA therapeutic...
NMD Pharma has announced that they have been granted orphan drug designation by the Food and Drug Administration for NMD670, their novel, oral, small molecule inhibitor of the skeletal muscle-specific chloride ion channel ClC-1, for the treatment of...
NMD Pharma announced that they have published new clinical and preclinical data that provides evidence that targeting neuromuscular junction deficits could potentially improve muscle function in CMT patients. The peer-reviewed paper titled “Neuromuscular Transmission...
NMD Pharma, a clinical-stage biotech company dedicated to developing novel and improved treatments for patients living with neuromuscular diseases, has announced that it has dosed the first Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease patient in its Phase 2a clinical trial of NMD670...
The CMT Research Foundation has invested over $500,000 in a program led by 82VS, the venture studio of Alloy Therapeutics, Inc. to discover and develop novel Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugate (AOC) therapeutics for CMT. Oligonucleotide therapeutics offer promise for...
Previous research from Dr. Alessandra Bolino demonstrated that inhibiting a protein called PIKfyve kinase could ameliorate some disease characteristics in CMT4B1 cells. In this project, Dr. Bolino partnered with AcuraStem to test one of their PIKfyve inhibitor drug...