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The Ice Bucket Challenge wasn’t just for social media. It helped fund a new ALS drug

October 8, 2022 by Leo

In 2014, it was hard to miss the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that set out to raise money to fund research for the disease. And it paid off. A new treatment was funded by $2.2 million of the funds raised.

Source: The Ice Bucket Challenge wasn’t just for social media. It helped fund a new ALS drug

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