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  • When Is the Right Time to Begin Treatment in CMT1A and CMT1E?
    When Is the Right Time to Begin Treatment in CMT1A and CMT1E?

    What if the timing of treatment could change everything? CMTA is funding a new study…

  • Seven Reasons to Attend the CMTA Patient & Research Summit in October
    Seven Reasons to Attend the CMTA Patient & Research Summit

    Need a reason to go to the CMTA Patient & Research Summit in San Francisco…

  • New CMTA-Funded Research to Test if an Existing Drug Can Help People with CMT1B and CMT1E 
    CMT1B and CMT1E Research: Can Existing Drugs Treat Nerve Damage?

    CMT1B and CMT1E can take away strength, feeling, and balance from damage to the nerve…

  • New Clinical Trial Recommendations for CMT Help Speed Therapies to Patients
    Shaping CMT Clinical Trials

    CMTA is leading efforts to improve CMT clinical trials through new recommendations that help create…

  • The Community We Needed, The Community We Built: Dear Younger Me 
    The Community We Needed, The Community We Built: Dear Younger Me

    Footprint Fellowship mentors reflect on growing up with CMT and share the advice and hope…

  • CMTA-STAR Alliance Partner Vanda Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for CMT2S Therapy Candidate 
    CMTA-STAR Alliance Partner Vanda Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for CMT2S Therapy Candidate

    CMTA Strategy to Accelerate Research (CMTA-STAR) Alliance Partner Vanda Pharmaceuticals has announced that the U.S. Food…

  • More Miles, Less Fatigue: Walking Poles and CMT 
    Walking Poles and CMT

    Travel means more time on your feet, navigating new terrain like cobblestones, stairs, gravel, or uneven pavement.…

  • Is Spinal Fluid the Way to Gene Therapy in CMT? What a Decade of Research Reveals 
    Is Spinal Fluid the Way to Gene Therapy in CMT?

    Most kinds of CMT come from a problem in a single gene. Repairing that faulty…

  • CMTA Leading the Way in CMT1A
    CMTA Leading the Way in CMT1A

    CMTA is leading a coordinated CMT1A research strategy that connects disease models, drug development, biomarkers,…

  • CMTA research takes the stage at PNS
    CMTA research takes the stage at PNS

    PNS 2026 showcased CMTA’s role in advancing CMT research across the translational pipeline, from biomarkers…

  • What Filspari Means for People with CMTDIE 
    What Filspari Means for People with CMTDIE

    FDA approval of Filspari creates a new treatment option for FSGS that may benefit some…

  • CMTA Expands Preclinical Toolbox with New CMT1A Assay
    New CMT1A Assay Now Available

    CMTA expands its Preclinical Toolbox with a new CMT1A assay, providing researchers with a human-relevant…