Ice Bucket Challenge funds lead to discovery

Do you remember back in 2014 when people were dumping buckets of ice and cold water over their heads in the name of charity?

Funding was raised all around the world through the Ice Bucket Challenge in the fight to end Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) which has lead to a discovery.

The University of Massachusetts Medical School's Project MinE received $1 million in funding from the Ice Bucket Challenge, funding that has helped researchers to discover the gene responsible for ALS.

The identification of the gene will allow scientists to study variants of the gene which should provide clues to understanding and potentially treating ALS.

7 comments

How good is that Drew. 

Next time I think/say "crazy people what good will the ice do for anyone" I will think twice.

 

It's amazing Phyl! I respect your honesty as I may have said similar at the time. Fingers crossed the discovery can lead to significant breakthroughs in the future.

 

Drew don't think your link is working, here's another

http://www.alsa.org/research/about-als-research/genetics-of-als.html?referrer=https://www.google.com.au/

or this

http://www.umassmed.edu/news/news-archives/2015/08/ice-bucket-challenge-paying-for-genome-sequencing-in-als-patients/

I'm glad the dunking I had a while back has actually contributed to science. Great news!

Thanks Banjo - I have fixed my link as well!

My brother in England actually sent me a video of him doing that charity challenge a short time ago.

Poor shivering pure white bodies all blue and purple from the freezing temperatures and the contents of the ice buckets..

It would be a much more welcome challenge here as many would appreciate cooling down.

i would be the unlucky one who got knocked out with the lumps of ice..

But great story .

Install cinema box app in your android phone for watching free movies and ice bucket challenge: https://cinemabox-hd.com/

Never done the ice bucket challenge, but did shave my head once for leukemia. Surprising how quickly my hair grew back and even looked healthier!

What a glorious thing to do Reagan...sad to say...I haven't the courage to have my head shaven. Also have not done the ice bucket challenge...

Have compensated in other ways though!

 It's fabulous http://terrariumtv.org

 It's fabulous http://terrariumtv.org

7 comments



To make a comment, please register or login

Preview your comment