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July 28, 2016 06:57 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/rs8hsh4TKRE/the-ice-bucket-challenge-did-n.html
The Ice Bucket Challenge did not fund a breakthrough in ALS treatment
Yesterday's science-by-press-release announcement that a research team had made a "breakthrough" in treating ALS thanks to funds raised in last year's viral ice-bucket challenge turns out to be vaporware: the gene identified was already known to be implicated in ALS, but only affects 3% of cases, and the new refinement in the research suggests some avenues for further work, but has no immediate therapeutic value. (more…)
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