Awards
2013
Carrell-Krusen Award
Sponsor: University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
2011
Hans Steinert Award for Myotonic Dystrophy Research
2010
Norman Saunders Jacob's Ladder International Research Prize
1997 - 2000
Paul B Beeson Physician Faculty Scholar Award
Sponsor: American Federation of Aging Research
1992 - 1997
Awardee, Clinical Investigator Development
Sponsor: NIH/NINDS
1991 - 1992
Awardee, Experimental Therapeutics Fellowship
Sponsor: NRSA
1989 - 1991
Awardee, Research Fellowship
Sponsor: Muscular Dystrophy Association
1987 - 1989
Fulbright Senior Lecturing Award
1981
Merck Award for Medical Student Achievement
1980
Borts Student Research Award
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Patents
Title: Compositions and Methods Related to Protein Displacement Therapy for Myotonic Dystrophy
U.S. Serial #: 14/297,137
Filed: Jun 05, 2014
Invented By:
Jill Miller, Robert Osborne, Krzysztof Sobczak, Maurice Swanson, Charles Thornton, Thurman Wheeler
Title: Physician Checklists for FSHD (Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy) and DM (Myotonic Dystrophy)
U.S. Serial #: 1-686888271
Filed: Nov 16, 2011
Invented By:
Michael McDermott, Richard Moxley, III, Al-Rabi Tawil, Charles Thornton
Title: Patient Information Forms for FSHD (Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy), DM (Myotonic Dystrophy), and Unaffected Blood Relatives of Individuals with FSH
U.S. Serial #: 1-686948337
Filed: Nov 16, 2011
Invented By:
Michael McDermott, Richard Moxley, III, Al-Rabi Tawil, Charles Thornton
Title: Compositions and Methods Related to Protein Displacement Therapy For Myotonic Dystrophy
U.S. Serial #: 12/442,354
Filed: Sep 21, 2007
Invented By:
Jill Miller, Robert Osborne, Krzysztof Sobczak, Maurice Swanson, Charles Thornton, Thurman Wheeler
Title: Compositions and Methods Related to Protein Displacement Therapy for Myotonic Distrophy
U.S. Serial #: 2007297535
Filed: Sep 21, 2007
Invented By:
Jill Miller, Robert Osborne, Krzysztof Sobczak, Maurice Swanson, Charles Thornton, Thurman Wheeler
Title: Compositions and Methods Related to Protein Displacement Therapy for Myotonic Dystrophy
U.S. Serial #: 2,664,189
Filed: Sep 21, 2007
Invented By:
Jill Miller, Robert Osborne, Krzysztof Sobczak, Maurice Swanson, Charles Thornton, Thurman Wheeler
Title: Compositions and Methods Related to Protein Displacement Therapy for Myotonic Dystrophy
U.S. Serial #: 2009-529258
Filed: Sep 21, 2007
Invented By:
Jill Miller, Robert Osborne, Krzysztof Sobczak, Maurice Swanson, Charles Thornton, Thurman Wheeler
Title: Compositions and Methods Related to Protein Displacement Therapy for Myotonic Distrophy
U.S. Serial #: 2014216025
Filed: Sep 21, 2007
Invented By:
Jill Miller, Robert Osborne, Krzysztof Sobczak, Maurice Swanson, Charles Thornton, Thurman Wheeler
Title: Compositions and Methods Related to Protein Displacement Therapy for Myotonic Distrophy
U.S. Serial #: GB12005320.2
Filed: Sep 21, 2007
Invented By:
Jill Miller, Robert Osborne, Krzysztof Sobczak, Maurice Swanson, Charles Thornton, Thurman Wheeler
Title: Compositions and Methods Related to Protein Displacement Therapy for Myotonic Dystrophy
U.S. Serial #: 2016-75837
Filed: Sep 21, 2007
Invented By:
Jill Miller, Robert Osborne, Krzysztof Sobczak, Maurice Swanson, Charles Thornton, Thurman Wheeler
Title: Methods and Compositions for Treatment of Myotonia
U.S. Serial #: 10/591,883
Filed: Mar 10, 2005
Invented By:
Rahul Kanadia, Maurice Swanson, Charles Thornton
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Publications
Journal Articles
4/24/2018
Hilbert JE, Thornton CA, Moxley RT. "Author response: High frequency of gastrointestinal manifestations in myotonic dystrophy type 1 and type 2." Neurology.. 2018 Apr 24; 90(17):814.
4/17/2018
Sznajder ?J, Thomas JD, Carrell EM, Reid T, McFarland KN, Cleary JD, Oliveira R, Nutter CA, Bhatt K, Sobczak K, Ashizawa T, Thornton CA, Ranum LPW, Swanson MS. "Intron retention induced by microsatellite expansions as a disease biomarker." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.. 2018 Apr 17; 115(16):4234-4239. Epub 2018 Apr 02.
4/10/2018
Thadke S, Perera JDR, Hridya VM, Bhatt K, Shaikh AY, Hsieh WC, Chen MD, Gayathri C, Gil RR, Rule GS, Mukherjee A, Thornton CA, Ly DH. "Design of Bivalent Nucleic Acid Ligands for Recognition of RNA-Repeated Expansion Associated with Huntington's Disease." Biochemistry.. 2018 Apr 10; 57(14):2094-2108. Epub 2018 Mar 27.
Books & Chapters
2011
Chapter Title: Myotonic Dystrophy
Book Title: Muscle: Fundamental Biology and Mechanisms and Disease
Author List: Thornton, CA
Edited By: Hill JA, Stull JT, Sweeney HL, Olson, EN
Published By: Elsevier 2011
2009
Chapter Title: Myotonic Dystrophy
Book Title: Disorders of Voluntary Muscle
Author List: Day J, Thornton C
Edited By: Karpati G, Hilton-Jones D, Bushbby K, Griggs RC
Published By: Cambridge University Press 2009 in Cambridge UK
2006
Chapter Title: The RNA-Mediated Disease Process in Myotonic Dystrophy
Book Title: Genetic Instabilities and Neurological Diseases
Author List: Thornton CA, Swanson MS, Cooper TA
Edited By: Wells R, Ashizawa T
Published By: Elsevier 2006 in San Diego, CA
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