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  2. Tag: Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

CMT advocate will not be sidelined

Posted on September 23, 2019

CMT is equally common among all ages, genders, and races and is one of the most common heritable neurological impairments. The symptoms present as neuropathy, foot drop, poor balance, difficulty with dexterity, or abnormal sensation – just to name a few.

Posted in 2019, NewsTagged Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Deb Weber, John Svaren

John Svaren, PhD – Slide of the Week

Posted on July 22, 2019

Peripheral nerve myelination is adversely affected in the most common form of the hereditary peripheral neuropathy called Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease. This form, classified as CMT1A, is caused by a 1.4 Mb duplication on chromosome 17, which includes the abundantly expressed Schwann cell myelin gene, Peripheral Myelin Protein 22 (PMP22).

Posted in Slide of the WeekTagged Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, CMT, Schwann cells

Study finds a key to nerve regeneration

Posted on September 13, 2016

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have found a switch that redirects helper cells in the peripheral nervous system into “repair” mode, a form that restores damaged axons. Axons are long fibers on neurons that …

Posted in 2016, News, Rare Disorders, Research, YearTagged Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Epigenetics

A case of (peripheral) nerves

Posted on August 4, 2016

Every day, Waisman Center researcher John Svaren deals with nerves – peripheral nerves, that is. Peripheral nerves connect the brain and spinal cord to our limbs and organs, serving as vital communication relays that allow …

Posted in 2016, News, Rare Disorders, ResearchTagged Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, John Svaren

Genome editing takes research one step closer to a cure for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

Posted on September 18, 2014

In the current issue of ACS Chemical Biology, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison investigator, faculty director of the Cellular and Molecular Neurosciences Core, and professor of comparative biosciences, John Svaren, PhD’s paper “Genome editing-enabled HTS …

Posted in 2014, News, ResearchTagged Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, John Svaren

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