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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.
Living with Muscle Weakness is Not Rare to Me
Krista Allison, living with CMT4J I was born with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) and my symptoms started to appear about 12-months-old when I began to learn to walk. Since the age of 15, I have had roughly 12 foot surgeries to correct foot abnormalities, although I...
Maximiliano Barrientos Joins CMT Research Foundation
The CMT Research Foundation (CMTRF), a non-profit focused solely on delivering treatments and cures for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease* is pleased to announce that Maximiliano Barrientos has joined its Board of Directors. Mr. Barrientos is a Co-founder, Investor and CFO...
AcuraStem Completes CMT Research Foundation-Funded Project, Finds Eleven Potential Therapeutics for CMT2A
The CMT Research Foundation is pleased to announce that the research team at AcuraStem has completed their CMT Research Foundation-funded drug screening project and has found eleven potential therapeutics for CMT2A. AcuraStem developed a platform to screen compounds...
Welcoming New Expert Advisors
By Keith Fargo, Chief Scientific Officer The CMT Research Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board is composed of distinguished scientists and clinicians who provide independent expert perspectives as key volunteers. Their contributions take several forms. Most visibly,...
CMT Research Foundation Elects Board Member Cleary Simpson to Chief Executive Officer
By Patrick Livney, Board Chair and Co Founder As we move from being a startup to the leading foundation seeking to cure CMT, we can look back with great pride on our progress to date: We have raised almost $10 million in three years, funded 12 projects (with two in...
Why Michele and Kent Stahl and their family made a $1,000,000 gift to CMT Research Foundation to develop treatments for CMT1A
Michele and Kent’s son, Austin, was diagnosed with CMT1A when he was 16 years old. Having difficulty with his balance and walking, it took years for him and his family to understand the cause. His mother Michele recounts, “we spent seven years searching for an answer....
2021 Year in Review
2021 has been a banner year for progress in CMT drug development, much of which has been possible because of your partnership with the CMT Research Foundation – thank you! Despite the challenges presented by a global pandemic, we can be proud of all that we were able...
Teams at Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics and Nationwide Children’s Hospital Complete CMT Research Foundation-Funded Project, Resulting Therapeutic Now Moving into Pharmaceutical Development
Update, May 17, 2022: This work is now published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation. The CMT Research Foundation is pleased to announce that Dr. Kleopas Kleopa, a renowned neuromuscular disease expert, CMT scientist, and clinician, and his team from the Cyprus...
CMT Research Foundation Funds Cutting Edge Research to Deliver Therapeutics to the Peripheral Nervous System
The CMT Research Foundation has awarded nearly $100,000 to support a 13-month project to test a new therapeutic delivery system that may be capable of crossing the blood-nerve barrier and releasing therapeutic payloads to the Schwann cells and axons of the peripheral...
Changing One Family’s Legacy
As with many families, I am but one leaf in a family tree colored by CMT1A across its many limbs and branches. I have watched successive generations struggle with the disease’s progressively debilitating physical symptoms and persistent emotional toll: grandparents,...
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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