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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
The CMT Research Foundation is pleased to announce that Dr. Kleopas A. Kleopa and his team at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics, Nicosia, have completed the third milestone of their 24-month CMT1A gene therapy project. CMT1A is caused by duplication of...
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