The Fall 2020 CMTA Report
…CMT Join Tribe of the Funky Feet Online CMT1A, CMT1B, CMT4B Projects Approved CMT1A Research Agenda Fuller than Ever 1A Timeline: CMTA Roadmap to Success Consensus Statement on Surgical Treatment…
Development of Advanced Research Diagnostic Capabilities for the CMT Community
…CMT subtype, have already been identified, more than 50% of patients do not receive a genetic diagnosis today. We call this the diagnostic gap in CMT. We have set out…
CMTA Awards $225,483 for Study On Using ASOs to Treat CMT2E
…is the largest philanthropic funder of CMT research worldwide. The CMTA’s Strategy to Accelerate Research (STAR) brings the best CMT researchers, clinicians, and experts in therapy development together with patients,…
CMTA Appoints Biotech Industry Veteran Suzanne Bruhn, PhD as New CEO
…join the CMTA, the largest philanthropic funder of CMT research in the world, and the provider of the most CMT patient services in the world. I have spent my career…
Let’s Beat CMT – 2024 CMT Awareness Month
…media using #LetsBeatCMT to educate the world about CMT’s impact and share advice to others living with CMT. Watch the video below. CMT impacts everyone differently and it is time…
The Differences Between Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Autoimmune Disease: An Overview
…such as CIDP and MS, are autoimmune neuromuscular disease and share many symptoms with CMT. CMT, too, is a neuromuscular disease. Is CMT an Autoimmune Disease? No, CMT is not…
Understanding Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease in Children
This CMT awareness month, the CMTA’s Chief Research Officer, Katherine Forsey, PhD, shares her perspective as a CMT mum and how she navigated her own child’s participation in CMT research….
Genetics
…CMT, including some patients with CMT2A. It can even happen in patients with CMT1X. (2) There are rare forms of X-linked CMT, defined as CMTX5 with mutations in the PRPS1…
Surgery/Fractures/Falls
…CMT a person has. Does CMT1A pose any risks for cataract surgery? There should be no risk for cataract surgery based on CMT. As far as we know, there is…
The Winter 2021-2022 CMTA Report
…New CMT Podcast Dance 4 CMT Raises Funds Peaks Island Walk 4 CMT Country Music Star Reveals He Has CMT New Youth Council Members A Big Hike in Tiny Chunks…