News and Stories
See the latest news about CMT drug development and read stories from the CMT community that highlight why we must deliver treatments and cures during our lifetime.
Taking on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT)
Two women in the UK, Lucy Brown and Chrysi Albustin, will be tackling the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge to raise awareness and funds for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT). Lucy’s mother was diagnosed with CMT1A in 2002; before Lucy was born. CMT is a progressive,...
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...
DTx Pharma
We are pleased share this story that published on May 3: https://patientworthy.com/2023/05/03/dtx-pharma-developing-cmt1a-rna-therapeutics/ One of the early programs CMTRF funded was DTx, a young company that had developed a new platform for RNA therapeutics. DTx was...
DTx Pharma Video – Using siRNA to Treat Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 1A
Thomas F. Sander Joins CMT Research Foundation Board of Directors
ATLANTA (April 26, 2023) CMT Research Foundation (CMTRF), a patient-led, non-profit focused on delivering treatments and cures for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, today announced that rare disease sales specialist, Thomas F. Sander, has joined its Board of Directors....
Edritz Javelosa to Join the CMT Research Foundation as Chief Scientific Officer
ATLANTA (April 17, 2023) Edritz Javelosa (Hav-a-low-sa), PhD, who has been at the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) since 2019 and Research Portfolio Director since 2021, has joined the CMT Research Foundation (CMTRF) as Chief Scientific Officer. Reporting to...
The CMT Research Foundation Appoints Anna Combes Vice President of Philanthropy
ATLANTA (April 10, 2023) Anna Combes has joined the CMT Research Foundation in the newly-created position of Vice President of Philanthropy. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Combes will be responsible for fundraising and development activities, including...
The CMT Research Foundation (CMTRF) Joins the European CMT Fedeartion (ECMTF)
The CMTRF has joined the European Charcot-Marie-Tooth Federation (ECMTF), a voluntary non-profit federation based in Belgium, created to unite advocacy groups that raise awareness, fund research, and promote better care for people with CMT. Among the primary goals of...
Peter de Silva, Board Member of the CMT Research Foundation and Former Retail President of TD Ameritrade, Publishes Taking Stock
Taking Stock engagingly toggles back and forth between de Silva’s highly successful business career and his quiet battle with CMT ATLANTA (March 23, 2023) Peter de Silva, a nationally recognized and highly accomplished financial industry executive whose career...
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
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