Around this time last year, all of your news and social media feeds were probably covered with people doing or talking about the ALS ice bucket challenge (Throwback Thursday to CauseScience challenges). What ever happened to the hundreds of millions … Continue reading
Yet while consciousness and money are being raised for ALS, we as a nation are diminishing our overall commitment to medical research while spending more and more to treat these terrible diseases. Funding to the National Institutes of Health, the … Continue reading
This is my ice bucket. I use my ice bucket to do genetics. Mostly I keep DNA cold while prepping it, modifying it, and analyzing it. I then use this DNA to manipulate neurons in the genetic model organism C. elegans. This allows … Continue reading
Stephanie Gupton, Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell Biology & Physiology at UNC, took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, but in a very different way and for very different reasons. While CauseScience fully supports the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, we have … Continue reading
The ALS Association (ALSA) reports that they have raised $88.5 million from the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The viral marketing campaign has taken over social media, raising not only money for ALS research and care, but also awareness of the … Continue reading
Originally posted on Research!America Blog:
Dear Research Advocate: You have by now heard about the ALS “ice bucket” challenge (show support for ALS research by dumping a bucket of ice water over your head and/or writing a check…
Apparently not everyone is happy about the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and the more than 30 million dollars it raised for the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Apparently, a Catholic diocese in Ohio disagrees with the fact that ALSA funds research involving embryonic … Continue reading
Our post yesterday, ‘Despite Naysayers, #ALS #IceBucketChallenge raises awareness… and a buttload of money #$15Million‘, now needs an update since the amount of money raised for the Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association continues to skyrocket. Daily News reports that ALSA now reports that … Continue reading
As mentioned before, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is not only raising awareness, but also raising a LOT of money ($15 million #cha-ching). And of course, with the videos taking over social media, there are bound to be some mess-ups … Continue reading
from Rare.us Meet Pete Frates, a former captain of the Boston College baseball team who contracted ALS and later inspired the movement that has everyone from your grandma to Lebron James dumping ice water on their heads. – See more … Continue reading
