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View ArticlePharnext Announces Pleotherapy Proof of Concept in Charcot-Marie-Tooth...
First Paper Shows Consistent and Synergic Preclinical Data for PXT-3003 in Two Different CMT 1A Rodent Models Second Paper Presents Positive Phase 2 results of PXT-3003 in 80 Patients with Mild to...
View ArticleNew Screening Technologies Enable Identification of Potential Treatment...
Bethesda MD (Scicasts) — Improving scientific methods and tools is a key part of the NCATS approach to solving translational problems on a system-wide level, with the goal of delivering more treatments...
View ArticleNew treatment strategy for patients with CMT disease on the horizon
Neuroscientists at UB’s Hunter James Kelly Research Institute show how turning down synthesis of a protein improves nerve, muscle function in common neuropathy A potential new treatment strategy for...
View ArticleFirst IVF baby born after new technique to eliminate genetic disease
The first baby in Europe has been born following a new IVF-based technique developed to prevent the inheritance of genetic disease. The screening technique, called karyomapping, is a type of PGD...
View ArticleKeep checking back here for updates on Awareness Month as they appear!
Remember, September is International CMT Awareness Month. If you’d like to help Paula Hunter with publicity, please email her on paula@cmtuk.org.uk or phone her on 07739 989915. And you can also go to...
View ArticleExome Sequencing of Peripheral Neuropathy Patients IDs Candidate Genes
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Through exome sequencing, researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and elsewhere identified apparent causal mutations and an increased burden of rare variants for patients...
View Article20,000 Missing Out on Help for Nerve Disease
Member Catherine Martin has been featured in the Daily Record: Last updated: Tuesday, August 25, 2015
View ArticleWebsite of the Year
CMT.ORG.UK CMT stands for Charcot-Marie-Tooth, the names of the three scientists who discovered this inherited neurological disease, which causes uncontrollable pain, chronic fatigue, twisted...
View ArticleBrothers with big ambitions and determination to beat condition
TWO young brothers are refusing to let a debilitating genetic disorder stop them achieving their dreams, as they this week raise awareness of what they and others like them experience ahead of a...
View ArticleDon’t Blink 4 CMT – 72 hour Livestream
Our friends at Mini Matt Films in Grimsby are currently live on YouTube with a livestream in aid of CMT United Kingdom. Andy Watson and Matt Rose are staying awake over the whole weekend and will be...
View ArticleNew discovery at CING could benefit those with inherited neuropathy
A DISCOVERY by scientists at the Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING) in Nicosia may open the way for gene therapy for to benefit patients with inherited neuropathy, also known as...
View ArticleClaire: My battle with incurable neuro disease – John O’Groats Journal
HER struggle coping with a rare neurological disease has caused Wick woman Claire Fraser to speak out in a bid to highlight the condition. The 31-year-old has inherited Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) which...
View ArticleCMT disease isn’t holding me back, says Oswestry youngster
Like many young girls 11-year old Aaliyah Jones started secondary school last week, looking forward to a new challenge in her life. But Aaliyah, from Pant near Oswestry, has more challenges to face...
View ArticleCoverage in My Weekly and OK! Magazine
Two small pieces have appeared in these popular magazines! Last updated: Wednesday, September 23, 2015
View Article‘Teachers humiliated and embarrassed me’– woman with neurological condition...
After years of bullying at both school and in the workplace, one woman hopes to use her experiences to help others suffering from a rare medical condition. Krishna Talsania is a 31-year-old community...
View ArticleSettle’s Sam Lewis blogs for CMT Awareness Month on living with the disease
A WOMAN from Settle is spending September letting the world know what it’s like to live with a debilitating condition which has greatly affected her mobility. Sam Lewis was diagnosed with...
View ArticleAnd the bride wore white Dr Marten boots…
A determined woman with a rare neurological condition has battled against the odds to succeed personally and professionally. Reporter Freya Findlay finds out about her courageous journey. Sarah-Lyn...
View ArticleRetired plasterer talks about his experience of Charcot Marie Tooth disease
A RARE neurological disease means former plasterer Colin Williams has slowly had to change his lifestyle. But the 54-year-old wants to share his experience of Charcot Marie Tooth disease – named after...
View ArticleHartlepool mum with rare condition reveals her ‘worst nightmare’ – that her...
A mum is facing her ‘worst nightmare’ as she worries the disease which has blighted her life may have been passed onto her children. Amanda Storm, from Hartlepool, has Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT)...
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