News & 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.
Partnerships and Priorities: The Pathway to CMT Results
From time to time the CMT Research Foundation will examine the impediments to finding a cure for CMT. As the Chairman of a nonprofit foundation whose ONLY mission is to fund research that will lead to a cure for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), I am often...
New Evidence for Gene Replacement in a Mouse Model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
In an article published yesterday in Neurology Today, Dr. Kleopa demonstrated that gene replacement could be a viable treatment for recessive forms of CMT. CMT type 4C is a demyelinating disease, and this treatment both decreased the number of unmyelinated fibers and...
The Inherited Neuropathy Consortium (INC) welcomes the CMT Research Foundation as a partner in their Patient Advocacy Groups
Today the Inherited Neuropathy Consortium (INC) named the CMT Research Foundation as a partner in their Patient Advocacy Groups. This gives the CMT Research Foundation access to INC resources, researchers and its clinical infrastructure through 21 CMT Centers of...
CMTRF Inks Milestone-Driven Partnership with AcuraStem to Repurpose Established Drugs for the Treatment of CMT
Focus will be on expansion of AcuraStem’s patient-based discovery platform, iNeuroRx™, to leverage patient neurons and advanced informatics technology to identify promising drugs ATLANTA (December 20, 2018) The newly launched CMT Research Foundation (CMTRF), a...
Is there a connection between CMT1X and Multiple Sclerosis?
A recent study by Georgios Koutis et al at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens recently published a paper in The Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry suggesting emerging evidence of a connection between CMTX1 and Multiple Sclerosis (MS)....
CMT Research Foundation Adds Dr. Charles Abrams and Jeff Ellman To The Team
CMT Research Foundation (CMTRF), focused solely on delivering treatments and cures for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, added Jeff Ellman to its Board of Directors and Charles Abrams MD, Ph.D, to its Scientific Advisory Board. CMT is a progressive genetic nerve disease...
Fontan Surgery for Heart Defects May Not Be Advisable for CMT1A Patients, Case Study Finds
Charcot-Marie-Tooth News reports the findings of a study where patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) who undergo Fontan surgery to correct a heart defect in childhood may later develop difficulties with the diaphragm — the muscle that allows us to breath —...
Where We Started, How Far We Have Come and Where We are Going
The CMT Research Foundation offers hope to those living with CMT that a treatment and cure are on their way!
$1,000,000 pledge to CMT research
CMTRF Receives $1 Million Research Grant from Grandview Steers Foundation The pace of research for CMT just got faster. Atlanta (November 8, 2018) The newly launched CMT Research Foundation (CMTRF), the only 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization focused solely on...
Key CMT Researchers added to Scientific Advisory Board
Gene Therapy, Adult Stem Cell and Clinical Experts are added to the CMT Research Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board
Important Research News Announcements
- The Role of ESCRTs in Regulating Nervous System Function November 30, 2024
- Genomic Studies in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease July 31, 2024
- 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
Address
4062 Peachtree Road
Suite A209
Atlanta, GA 30319
Phone Number
404.806.7180
Media Inquiries
© 2024 CMT Research Foundation | Privacy Policy