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.

New Evidence for Gene Replacement in a Mouse Model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

May 24, 2019 | CMT Research Updates, Press Releases, Research News

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...

CMTRF investigates a gene therapy program for CMT1A

Jan 17, 2019 | CMT Research Updates, CMTRF Funded Research, Press Releases

CMT Research Foundation Partners with Cyprus Institute for Neurology and Genetics’ Kleopas Kleopa to Launch Study of Possible Gene Therapy for CMT1A This is the second major investment by CMTRF. ATLANTA (January 16, 2019) The newly launched CMT Research Foundation...

The Inherited Neuropathy Consortium (INC) welcomes the CMT Research Foundation as a partner in their Patient Advocacy Groups

Jan 9, 2019 | CMT Research Updates, Press Releases

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

Dec 20, 2018 | CMTRF Funded Research, Press Releases

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?

Dec 18, 2018 | About CMT, CMT Research Updates

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

Dec 18, 2018 | Press Releases

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

Nov 19, 2018 | CMT Research Updates, Research News

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

Nov 15, 2018 | Press Releases, Research News

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

Nov 8, 2018 | Press Releases, Research News

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...