Breakthrough in ALS Research Made Possible by the Ice Bucket Challenge

Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge? It was quite possibly one of the weirdest things to ever go viral, but it raised a TON of money in support of ALS research. Which was awesome, because ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, had been flying well below most people’s radar. Last week news broke that money from the Ice Bucket Challenge had led to an actual breakthrough in ALS science – the discovery of genes that increase the risk of developing ALS.  As my YA book Gene Therapy explains, there’s a long road between discovering a gene and discovering a cure. But […]

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