ALS ice bucket challenge leads to real-life genetics discovery
 

ALS ice bucket challenge leads to real-life genetics discovery
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You couldn't go on social media in 2014 without seeing a new video of a friend, celebrity or tech star dumping a bucket of ice water over his or her head to raise money for research into the degenerative neurological disorder ALS, short for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

**w, it looks like that "ice bucket challenge" produced some very real scientific results, according to the ALS Association.

A new Nature Genetics study — funded by money raised through the ice bucket challenge — details the discovery of a new gene associated with ALS.

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