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.

CMT2E Gene Therapy Project Successfully Completes Milestone 2

Jan 17, 2023 | CMT Research Updates, CMTRF Funded Research, Research News

A collaboration between Dr. Chris Lorson and Dr. Michael Garcia of the University of Missouri and funded by the CMT Research Foundation is producing promising results in an innovative new approach to treating CMT2E. CMT2E presents a special challenge in that the...

Italian Research Group Completes CMT Research Foundation-Funded Project, Results Encourage Further Work in New Therapy for Adult and Elderly Patients with CMT1A/CMT1B

Jan 10, 2023 | CMT Research Updates, CMTRF Funded Research, Research News

The CMT Research Foundation is pleased to announce that Dr. Maurizio D'Antonio's research team at San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan, Italy has completed their CMT Research Foundation-funded project investigating the role of a protein called Gadd34 in a mouse...

2022 at CMTRF

Jan 9, 2023 | CMT Research Updates, CMTRF Funded Research, News, Press Releases

Dear Friends of CMTRF, In preparing for another busy year at CMTRF, I took some time recently to look back at the accomplishments of 2022. I am immensely proud of what our team has achieved (summarized below) and I believe it underscores how CMTRF adds significant...

How to Answer: “What is CMT”

Dec 20, 2022 | Life with CMT

By Kenneth Raymond As a patient and an advocate and a student of the condition, I am often asked, “What exactly is CMT?”. My response is usually along the lines of: “CMT stands for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a rare inheritable neuromuscular peripheral neuropathy...

Muscular Dystrophy Association and CMT Research Foundation Announce Joint Research Study Grant

Dec 14, 2022 | CMTRF Funded Research, Press Releases

(New York) December 14, 2022 The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and CMT Research Foundation (CMTRF) announce joint funding for a study by Alessandra Bolino, PhD, at San Raffaele Hospital (Ospedale San Raffaele), Italy, on restoring membrane trafficking in...

Dr. Arthur Suckow, DTx Pharma Inc. – FALCON

Nov 28, 2022 | CMTRF Funded Research, Drug Development

One of the first research teams the CMT Research Foundation (CMTRF) funded was DTx Pharma, Inc., and the project focused on delivery of genetic medicine to the myelinating Schwann cells of the peripheral nerves - a major scientific challenge to effectively treating...

Why I Fundraise

Nov 21, 2022 | Life with CMT

My name is Anna and I have CMT1A. I fight for CMT to raise awareness to help others. I fight for CMT to inspire those living with CMT to feel less daunted about the future I fight for CMT to support research for treatments. I fight for CMT to help find a cure. I am...

CMT Research Foundation partners with Samsara Therapeutics to develop a novel class of drugs in CMT1A

Oct 13, 2022 | About CMT, CMT Research Updates, CMTRF Funded Research, Research News

The CMT Research Foundation is pleased to announce a new project with Samsara Therapeutics, a US/UK-based biotech company that is developing a novel class of drugs for CMT1A. CMT1A is caused by duplication of a stretch of DNA that includes the PMP22 gene, and people...

CMT Research Foundation and Samsara Therapeutics Partner on a Novel Therapeutic Approach for CMT1A with the Potential to Reach Clinical Trials

Oct 12, 2022 | CMTRF Funded Research, Press Releases, Research News

ATLANTA (October 13, 2022) The CMT Research Foundation (CMTRF), a non-profit focused solely on delivering treatments and cures for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease*, has invested in Samsara Therapeutics Inc., a biotech company focusing on discovering and developing...

CMT Research Foundation Awards $152,524 to ORYZON to test novel HDAC6 inhibitors in CMT1A

Jul 26, 2022 | CMTRF Funded Research, Research News

New project will examine impact of two selective and potent drug candidates recently discovered by ORYZON The CMT Research Foundation is delighted to announce a new project with ORYZON, a clinical stage pharmaceutical company based in Spain. Histone deacetylase (HDAC)...