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Corrective foot surgery lessened pain and improved foot alignment and quality of life in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, according to data collected over four years. The findings were published in an article, “A prospective study on surgical management of foot deformities in charcot marie tooth…

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Vanderbilt University have found that mutant PMP22 proteins pair to form a unique, stabilized complex called a dimer. The discovery, which was made using an advanced protein analysis technique, provides new insight into PMP22’s role in…

More than half of the people with rare diseases and their caregivers, asked in a survey, were undecided or less than willing to be vaccinated for COVID-19 if a vaccine was approved under emergency use authorization instead of the routine process, the EveryLife Foundation for Rare Disease reports. These findings…

Until April 30, the CMT Research Foundation (CMTRF) invites people to raise money supporting research into therapies for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), which the foundation will match up to $10,000. Volunteer ambassadors with the foundation created the Spring CMT Research Challenge to accelerate therapy development funding for this…

The EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases is accepting applications for a scholarship program that aims to help adults with a rare disease pursue personal goals through training and education. For a second year, the #RAREis Scholarship Fund — supported by Horizon Therapeutics – will award 35 one-time scholarships, each…

Sciatic motor nerves in mice lacking the GJB1 gene — defective in people with X-linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMTX) disease — regenerated more after external injury than was seen in healthy mice, a study has revealed.  These findings suggested…

Scientist Timothy Hines, PhD, was awarded a grant of $20,000 to establish cell models to study Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease at the recent live-streamed Young Investigator Draft ceremony. The grant, co-funded by Uplifting Athletes and the CMT Association (CMTA), will help Hines to use human cells to further…

The first patient has been enrolled in a pivotal Phase 3 trial testing Pharnext’s investigational therapy PXT3003 for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A), the company announced. Called PREMIER (NCT04762758), the trial intends to recruit approximately 350 patients, ranging in age from 16 to 65, with mild to…

As anyone affected by a rare disease knows, treating the illness while trying to go about everyday life is an expensive undertaking.  But exactly how expensive — in terms of direct and indirect costs across rare disease populations — might still come as a surprise: almost…

Depression, hand-and-finger weakness, and a lengthy delay from symptoms to diagnosis contribute to the burdens felt by people living with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). Those are among the key findings of the ongoing CMT&Me study, recently presented in a webinar hosted by Vitaccess. The entirely app-based…