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Could someone help me? Today I read a sentence,but I am confused.------------''several cases have been reported that in Russian recently some people (who can read and detect colors with their fingers and even see through solid doors and walls)''-----------------what roles the content Inside the brackets played in the sentence ? Is this a right sentence?

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yeap, the sentence is absolutelly correct. in Russian we use such form to give additional comment to what we talk about in this sentence, and such comment is put into brackets.
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It is an identifying relative clause. We use it to identify the noun, say which one we mean. The relative pronoun 'who' is the subject of the relative clause. Examples: 'People who write plays sometimes act in them too.' (THEY write plays) 'The young man who/that lives on the corner rides a motor-bike.' (HE lives on the corner.) 'some people who can read and detect colors with their fingers and even see through solid doors and walls...' (THEY can read...)

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