Posts by: Joana Fernandes, PhD

Joana Fernandes, PhD

Joana brings more than 8 years of academic research and experience as well as Scientific writing and editing to her role as a Science and Research writer. She also served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology in Coimbra, Portugal, where she also received her PhD in Health Science and Technologies, with a specialty in Molecular and Cellular Biology.

August 21, 2017August 21, 2017

Researchers in Spain Identify 2 Most Common GDAP1 Gene Mutations that Lead to CMT

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Researchers in Spain conducted a large study to investigate the incidence of GDAP1 gene mutations leading to Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). The study provided useful information on the most common ... Read more

August 4, 2017

Acceleron Pharma Investigates ACE-083 as Treatment for CMT Patients

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Acceleron Pharma has launched a Phase 2 clinical trial (NCT03124459) to investigate the safety and effectiveness of its product ACE-083 as a potential treatment for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). The ... Read more

August 2, 2017August 2, 2017

French Scientists Report Two Novel Mutations Leading to Inherited Form of CMT

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French researchers have identified two novel mutations occurring within the NEFH gene that led tof a hereditary form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in two families. Their study, “Cryptic amyloidogenic elements ... Read more

July 19, 2017March 20, 2020

Pharnext Conducts Phase 3 Trials to Investigate PXT3003 as Treatment for CMT1A

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Pharnext presented updates on its Phase 3 PLEO-CMT trial (NCT02579759) evaluating its investigative product PXT3003 as a potential treatment for Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A disease (CMT1A) at the 2017 Peripheral ... Read more

July 12, 2017

Consortium Endorses Flex Pharma’s Trial of FLX-787 for Cramps in CMT Patients

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Flex Pharma announced that its upcoming Phase 2 COMMIT trial investigating the effects of FLX-787 in patients with cramps associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is approved by the Inherited ... Read more

June 22, 2017June 22, 2017

$10M NIH Grant Aims to Identify Genes Linked to COPD, Other Diseases

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The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has granted $10 million to the McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University to investigate and identify ... Read more