Mother and Three Sons, All Diagnosed with CMT2N within a Year
Just one year ago, Tara’s oldest son, Luca, started coming home from school crying in pain. He would rush to take off his shoes and socks, saying that his feet were “buzzing”. At five years old, Luca’s foot had high arches and a deformity, causing his bones to...A Rare Disease Throughout Time
More than 3 million people around the world have Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, but even with its quirky name, CMT is still relatively unknown. A progressive, degenerative disease involving the peripheral nerves that branch out from the brain and spinal cord to...How to Answer: “What is CMT”
By Kenneth Raymond As a patient and an advocate and a student of the condition, I am often asked, “What exactly is CMT?”. My response is usually along the lines of: “CMT stands for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a rare inheritable neuromuscular peripheral neuropathy...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...CMT Research Foundation emerging as a leader at BIO International Convention
Recently Cleary Simpson (CEO), Keith Fargo (Chief Scientific Officer) and Susan Ruediger (Co-founder and Chief Mission Officer) traveled to San Diego for the annual BIO International Convention. BIO (Biotechnology Innovation Organization) brings together thousands of...
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