http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A team of scientists from the University of Missouri created a genetically modified mouse that mimics key features of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, an inherited neuromuscular disease affecting approximately 150,000 people in the United States. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-genetically-mice-aid-incurable-neuromuscular.html Medical research Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:08:20 EST news253886739 VIB researchers have developed a mouse model for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) neuropathy, a hereditary disease of the peripheral nervous system. They also found a potential therapy for this incurable disease. The treatment not only halted the damage to the nerves and the atrophy of the muscles, it even succeeded in reversing the symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-mice-therapy-charcot-marie-tooth-disease.html Dentistry Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:10:07 EST news231505760