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.

The Ice Bucket Challenge of two summers ago did more than deliver a chilly thrill to millions of people. The money it raised has led to an important breakthrough in ALS research. Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have discovered a new gene that's responsible for the disease. Genetic testing in over 1,000 ALS families showed 3 percent of patients had a variation of the gene that supplies neurons and repairs DNA.

Money raised from the Ice Bucket Challenge that went viral last year has significantly boosted research into ALS, scientists at Johns Hopkins say. They say it has helped them to understand more about a dysfunctional protein - TDP-43 - a mystery scientists have been studying for decades. ALS is a rare condition affecting the nervous system.

While it's undoubtedly in a good cause, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has reached the point of near-ubiquity on the internet. When someone challenged Queensland newsreader and seemingly pretty bloody ripper bloke Lincoln Humphries to tip water over his head in the name of charity, he gently but firmly shut the idea down.

Anthony Carbajal is living a life few young adults could fathom. The 26-year old suffering from ALS is sharing his heartbreaking story, and his thoughts on the Ice Bucket Challenge.

Bubbles takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge! Thanks to Julian for the ice and Ricky for loaning his piss bucket. ALS CAN FUCK OFF SO DONATE NOW!!