Ice Bucket Challenge credited with ALS gene discovery

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 - 12:01 in Biology & Nature

The Ice Bucket Challenge that went viral two years ago, raising hundreds of millions of dollars, has helped identify a new gene behind the neurodegenerative disease ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, researchers say.

Read the whole article on CBC: Health

More from CBC: Health

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net