DTx Pharma Acquired by Novartis for CMT1A Therapy
Message From CMTRF CEO: This morning, DTx Pharma announced that it has been acquired by Novartis for an upfront payment of $500 million and additional payments of up to $500 million upon completion of pre-specified milestones. This is a very exciting next step in our...DTx Pharma Video – Using siRNA to Treat Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 1A
Dr. Arthur Suckow, DTx Pharma Inc. – FALCON
One of the first research teams the CMT Research Foundation (CMTRF) funded was DTx Pharma, Inc., and the project focused on delivery of genetic medicine to the myelinating Schwann cells of the peripheral nerves – a major scientific challenge to effectively...
A New Trial for CMT – When Science Moves Quickly
By Keith Fargo, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, CMT Research Foundation The pace of science can seem excruciatingly slow. It can take many years, or even decades, for new ideas to result in clinical trials. Every so often, though, the stars align and a new...Teams at Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics and Nationwide Children’s Hospital Complete CMT Research Foundation-Funded Project, Resulting Therapeutic Now Moving into Pharmaceutical 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...
Important Research News Announcements
- Combined RNA interference and gene replacement therapy targeting MFN2 as proof of principle for the treatment of Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2A November 25, 2023
- Mouse models of human CNTNAP1-associated congenital hypomyelinating neuropathy and genetic restoration of murine neurological deficits October 19, 2023
- Intravenous Administration of an AAV9 Vector Ubiquitously Expressing C1orf194 Gene Improved CMT-Like Neuropathy in C1orf194-/- Mice October 16, 2023
- Clinical trials in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorders: a retrospective and preclinical assessment September 22, 2023
- Structures of wild-type and selected CMT1X mutant connexin 32 gap junction channels and hemichannels August 30, 2023
- AAV9-mediated SH3TC2 gene replacement therapy targeted to Schwann cells for the treatment of CMT4C August 28, 2023
- Proteostasis plays an important role in demyelinating Charcot Marie Tooth disease August 19, 2023
- Gene replacement therapy in two Golgi-retained CMT1X mutants before and after the onset of demyelinating neuropathy August 2, 2023
- Amlexanox: Readthrough Induction and Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay Inhibition in a Charcot-Marie-Tooth Model of hiPSCs-Derived Neuronal Cells Harboring a Nonsense Mutation in GDAP1 Gene July 24, 2023
- Monoallelic variation in DHX9, the gene encoding the DExH-box helicase DHX9, underlies neurodevelopment disorders and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease July 18, 2023
