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Ice Bucket Challenge funds contribute to discovery of gene linked to ALS

The Ice Bucket Challenge raised more than $100 million in contributions for the ALS Association, which contributed $1 million to a research project that identified a gene linked to ALS.

  • Jul 27, 2016
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