Remember The Ice Bucket Challenge? It's Funded A Major Breakthrough In ALS Research

Remember the craze that was the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that went viral this time two years ago?

It was an activity involving dumping a bucket of ice and water on someone's head to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, known mostly in the US as Lou Gehrig's Disease). 

Many celebrities participated in the cause along with our very own friends and family. It stirred a lot of debate and controversy but it turns out, The University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Project MinE has just identified the gene that is responsible for ALS.

The discovery of the gene in question (named NEK1) could lead to a better understanding of, and treatment for, ALS.

This breakthrough was made entirely possible by the 1 million USD raised through the Ice Bucket Challenge two years ago!