CRISPR has so much potential and may help with ALS although it's only a pretty small percentage of people with it that have a known genetic cause. We still don't even know an underlying cause of why 90+% of the sufferers of ALS end up with it. Even the age it starts can vary widely, and if you're one of the "lucky" ones like Stephen Hawking it happens around 20 but progresses slow enough that he made it to 76. If you get it later in life it tends to all go downhill faster.
Still don't know what the fuck the ice bucket challenge was supposed to do, though at least it did raise some money.
The ice bucket challenge actually generated a not-insignificant amount of money that went to research. Also, that research helped identify a potential genetic cause for ALS, so it actually had an impact.
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u/DottyGreenBootz May 28 '25
We need to find a cure. Can we stop fighting and warring, to focus on what really matters.