| Scientists at deCODE Genetics and academic collaborators from Iceland, Norway,Denmark, the Netherlands and the USA today report the discovery of low frequency variants in the human genome that associate with risk of gout, a common inflammatory arthritis, and serum uric acid levels. The study was done in collaboration with Illumina, Inc., and is published today in the online edition of Nature Genetics. Dr. Miguel Nicolelis and his international group of researchers are helping the paralyzed to walk. The team has constructed a prosthetic suit that will allow paralyzed patients to walk again, and will restore their sense of touch. The opening day of the 2014 World Cup soccer tournament in Brazil will be the day when the suit will premiere. They will ask a quadriplegic to walk out to the playing fields to open the games. Their device is akin to a “prosthetic exoskeleton”. Nicolelis works with collaborators from various fields and countries, neuroscientists and physiologists from Brazil, Switzerland, Germany and the United States have all reported having success with lab monkeys using the prosthetic exoskelton. |
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