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CMT Research Foundation Funds Shift Pharmaceuticals to Advance Search for CMT1A Treatment
Shift to Develop and Analyze Novel Series of Drugs Designed to Control Expression of PMP22 Gene The CMT Research Foundation (CMTRF), a nonprofit focused solely on delivering treatments and cures for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, today announced it has partnered with...
Importance of Biomarkers in CMT
Using Biomarkers to Measure Effective Treatment Options for CMT
Scenes from BIO2019
Last week Paul August and I attended the BIO International Convention, a conference with over 16,000 leaders from the biotech and pharmaceutical industry. We met a number of companies interested in advancing drug development for CMT. There are four primary factors...
CMTRF Responds to FDA Fast Track Designation of PXT3003
The FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Pharnext's PXT3003 for CMT1A Pharnext, an advanced clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, created a drug combination of three drugs: baclofen, naltrexone and sorbitol known as PXT3003. Baclofen is known to relieve muscle...
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)....
Important Research News Announcements
- 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
- Activation of XBP1s attenuates disease severity in models of proteotoxic Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1B [Preprint] February 2, 2024
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