CMT Research Foundation Collaborates with Augustine Therapeutics on New Potential Therapy for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
ATLANTA (March 2, 2023) The CMT Research Foundation (CMTRF), a non-profit focused solely on delivering treatments and cures for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT)*, is pleased to announce a collaboration with Augustine Therapeutics, a Belgian pharmaceutical company...CMT Research Foundation and Nanite Inc. Announce Partnership to Enhance Therapeutic Efficacy of Antisense Oligonucleotides in CMT1A
ATLANTA, GA (February 22, 2023) The CMT Research Foundation (CMTRF), a non-profit focused solely on delivering treatments and cures for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease*, today announced a partnership with Nanite, Inc., a Boston-based biotechnology company developing...Continuation of Inflammation Research for CMT1B
By: George Simpson In 2020, the CMT Research Foundation had funded renowned nerve disease expert, Dr. Rudolf Martini of University Hospital Würzburg (Germany), to investigate whether inhibiting inflammation in the peripheral nerves could reduce symptoms and improve...Optimal Dosing Identified in CMT1X Research Update
By: Kelsie Timbie A CMT Research Foundation-funded project at the University of Illinois Chicago has identified optimal dosing for a potential therapeutic for CMT1X. Like other forms of CMT, cell-to-cell communication within the peripheral nervous system malfunctions...CMT2E Gene Therapy Project Successfully Completes Milestone 2
By: Kelsie Timbie, CMT Research Foundation A collaboration between Dr. Chris Lorson and Dr. Michael Garcia of the University of Missouri and funded by the CMT Research Foundation is producing promising results in an innovative new approach to treating CMT2E. CMT2E...
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