This week Hallmark Movies and Mysteries premiered The Christmas Bow, which features Joy Perry, a woman with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, playing a woman with CMT. And while CMT has been known…
According to a story from Charcot-Marie-Tooth News, patients living with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease have reported in a recent survey that their symptoms of pain and decline in mobility increased during the…
Medical professionals are looking towards patient-reported outcomes more and more as a source for research. In fact, a study titled "Patient reported impact of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: protocol for a real…
According to a new study, researchers believe that lower limb functional surgery improves walking ability and quality of life (QOL) in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). This option provides a…
According to a story from Charcot-Marie-Tooth News, CMT UK, a United Kingdom-based nonprofit focused on Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, has released a series of seven exercise videos tailored to patients as part…
A recent study in Frontiers in Neurology published findings on brain changes in patients with Charcot Marie Tooth disease Type 1A, a rare neurological disease that affects the muscles. The researchers have…
Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is a neurological disorder with a number of subtypes. Because of this, no treatment is universally successful within all affected individuals. In order to get patients the…
According to a story from Charcot-Marie-Tooth News, the drug company DTx Pharma has recently obtained critical funding that will go towards the development of new RNA-based treatments for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease…
Researchers have just uncovered 30 new genes that may cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT). These genes were uncovered using computer analyses of biological data, a process called bioinformatics. This study was published…
Researchers have recently conducted a study using mouse models of Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, titled "CMTM6 Expressed on the Adaxonal Scwann Cells Surface Restricts Axonal Diameters in Peripheral Nerves." It was…
As published in a press release by the Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation, a project funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers at the University of Rochester, the University of Pennsylvania, and…
According to an article from Charcot-Marie-Tooth News, a study was conducted that discovered three new mutations on the GJB1 gene that result in X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMTX1). The study, which…
September is recognized as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) Awareness Month. Although this illness is one of the most widespread inherited genetic disorders, there is still a significant need to spread awareness…
According to Charcot-Marie-Tooth News, patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A) have an extra PMP22 gene. However, new research shows that this excess gene causes a toxic accumulation of protein within cells.…
This month is Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) Awareness Month. Due to COVID-19, there cannot be any of the typical events, but that doesn't mean there's nothing you can do. From a virtual…
The CMT Research Foundation has announced that September will be Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) Disease Action Month. The switch from awareness to action illustrates just how much CMT patients and their families…
According to a story from Charcot-Marie-Tooth News, the nonprofit organization CMT Australia, which focuses on serving the Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease patient community in Australia, has recently acquired a grant to the…
Researchers have been trying for years to better understand the mutations which cause the rare disorder called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). Tremendous progress has been made. But now that we know…
According to a story from Charcot-Marie-Tooth News, an all new protocol first described in the journal Brain Sciences could mark a significant advance in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease research. The protocol allows for the…
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, or CIPN, is a common side effect of chemotherapy. A recent study aimed to uncover whether or not oxaliplatin chemotherapy increased risk of CIPN for those with…
According to a story from Charcot-Marie-Tooth News, a new nonprofit organization called Shark Tooth Cycling has recently begun operations. The mission of the organization is to encourage young people in…
CMT1A Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) has a few different subtypes. 60% of all patients diagnosed with type 1 of the rare disease have CMT1A. This subtype means patients have an duplicate copy…
A study conducted by researchers from Aix-Marseille University in France has revealed a new way to track disease progression of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1a (CMT1a)- changes to the nerves within the thigh.…
In Spain, a young child showed signs of muscle atrophy and difficulty walking; she wasn't quite stable on her feet and struggled with balance and coordination. But it wasn't until…
Finding out that you are pregnant conjures up a lot of feelings: nervousness, excitement, happiness, and love. But if you have a rare disease or disorder, especially a genetic condition,…
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