Drug Screening in a Dish
At the CMT Research Foundation we are very much interested in using patient-derived stem cells called iPSCs for drug screening in order to develop therapies for CMT. Indeed, one of the first projects we funded was such a drug screening effort for CMT2A at Acurastem. ...Gene Editing Used for the First Time in CMT
Gene editing as a therapeutic tool for treating disease has been very much in the news recently. The most commonly used gene editing tool to permanently fix the underlying genetic cause of a disease is CRISPR/Cas9. A recent paper demonstrates the first...
Chief Science Officer comments on recent work
CMT Research Foundation Chief Science Officer Grace Pavlath, PhD comments on recent work by Morelli et al: Allele-specific RNA interference prevents neuropathy in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2D mouse models Some types of CMT result from the expression of a mutant...Emerging Landscape of Modifier Genes in CMT
In CMT, there is a large variation in disease onset, severity, or progression, often seen among individuals with the same genetic subtype of a disease, even within a single family. Genetic modifiers play important roles in such variations, known as heterogeneity....Inherited Neuropathy Consortium Awarded $7.2M to Continue Studying, Improve Care for CMT
The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Inherited Neuropathies Consortium (INC) $7.2M over the next five years. This grant will be focused on improving clinical care and clinical research for CMT. The CMT Research Foundation is a proud partner of the INC....
Important Research News Announcements
- Charcot-Marie-tooth disease type 2A: An update on pathogenesis and therapeutic perspectives March 5, 2024
- Accelerate Clinical Trials in CMT (ACTCMT) Study March 1, 2024
- Creation of a Schwann Cell Gene Regulatory Network February 29, 2024
- Activation of XBP1s attenuates disease severity in models of proteotoxic Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1B [Preprint] February 2, 2024
- The Regentime stem cell procedure, successful treatment for a Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease case December 28, 2023
- Preclinical Efficacy of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration by Schwann Cell-like Cells Differentiated from Human Tonsil-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in C22 Mice December 18, 2023
- AAV-mediated editing of PMP22 rescues Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A features in patient-derived iPS Schwann cells November 28, 2023
- 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