CMT in USA Senate Appropriations = more research funding

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CMT in USA Senate Appropriations Committee means more research funding

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/about_ninds/2002_committee_reports.htm

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/about_ninds/2002_committee_reports.htm#Scharcot

Item: Charcot Marie Tooth Disorder

The Committee urges the Institute to expand research in Charcot Marie Tooth

Disorder.

One of the most common inherited disorders, CMT affects approximately

150,000 individuals. Its victims slowly lose normal use of their hands

and feet as nerves to the extremities degenerate.

Action taken or to be taken:

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorders (CMT) are the most common set of inherited

peripheral nerve diseases in the United States. Several different forms

of CMT occur, due to a variety of genetic defects. Specific mutations in

several recently identified genes cause distinct types of CMT. Efforts

are continuing to determine the genetic defects responsible for other

types of CMT. Additional research is focused on learning how the

identified gene defects cause CMT, with the hope of finding ways to halt

or reverse the disease process. NINDS continues to encourage and support

extramural and intramural research programs that address CMT.