felecia187 so the ice bucket challenge raised $100,000,000 in the month of August that is 12 times what they raised last August . so science now thinks that a lack of copper in the DNA of people who have ALS maybe what is causing the genetic mutation in the DNA to cause people to develop ALS when test with mice were done in replacing the lost copper the mice lives increased by 12 % this gives hope to the people who have ALS research is now paying off . God bless