Dr. Gomez update
Dear SCA6 Network Members, Good news! Dr. Gomez, Hannah, and his lab Team submitted a manuscript to the journal Neurology describing the results of the SCA6 and SCA27b electronic surveys and it is now formally accepted! As many of you know, Dr. Gomez has learned from the survey that environmental factors do not seem to explain all the differences in age of onset and severity and he suspects there may be additional genetic factors that contribute. He is collaborating with Dr. Luis Almaguer-Mederos in England to have DNA samples from people with SCA6 sequenced comprehensively to identify other genetic changes that may contribute to symptom onset and progression. Dr. GOmez and I are planning our next meeting on June 5th at noon Eastern standard time and 9 am west coast and other times in between. We're looking forward to seeing you and I'll send a reminder next week. One of our members might even ask about 'exoskeletons' for human...