May 4, 2022 | CMT Research Updates, CMTRF Funded Research, News, Press Releases, Research news
By Keith Fargo, Chief Scientific Officer The CMT Research Foundation is pleased to announce that Shift Pharmaceuticals (Shift) has successfully completed their CMT Research Foundation-funded RNA-based therapy project. Shift created and tested a library of novel...
Apr 11, 2022 | About CMT, CMT Research Updates
Nearly every instance of CMT is caused by the mutation of a single gene and most genetic causes of CMT have been identified. The era of genetic medicine has already begun. The FDA first approved genetic medicines in 2016/2017. This set the foundation for a precision...
Feb 23, 2022 | CMT Research Updates, CMTRF Funded Research, Research news
University of Missouri features CMT in a video about the project and the role of precision medicine to treat CMT. By: Susan Ruediger, Co Founder and Chief Mission Officer With the recent opening of their new NextGen Precision Health Institute, University of Missouri...
Feb 11, 2022 | CMT Research Updates, CMTRF Funded Research, Research news
By Keith Fargo, Chief Scientific Officer The CMT Research Foundation is pleased to announce that the research team at AcuraStem has completed their CMT Research Foundation-funded drug screening project and has found eleven potential therapeutics for CMT2A....
Dec 16, 2021 | CMT Research Updates, CMTRF Funded Research, Drug Development
Update, May 17, 2022: This work is now published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation. By Keith Fargo, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, CMT Research Foundation The CMT Research Foundation is pleased to announce that Dr. Kleopas Kleopa, a renowned neuromuscular...
Nov 19, 2021 | CMT Research Updates, CMTRF Funded Research, Drug Development, Research news
The CMT Research Foundation has awarded nearly $100,000 to support a 13-month project to test a new therapeutic delivery system that may be capable of crossing the blood-nerve barrier and releasing therapeutic payloads to the Schwann cells and axons of the peripheral...
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