Scientists: Ice Bucket Challenge Paying Dividends

It seems like ages ago but just last summer we were in the final stages of Ice Bucket Challenge's run amok, but now WJZ's Mary Bubala talks to scientists who report our pain and money is showing signs of having made a difference in the fight against the brutal disease, ALS.

And golf played a huge role, as we all know.

Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins University say some of that money has helped them better understand a protein in the brain which is dysfunctional in nearly all ALS cases.

The team is led by Professor Philip Wong who got doused just last week.

“It really spearheaded some of the research that otherwise we would not be able to do as rapidly as we could have,” said Wong.

Pat Quinn was diagnosed with ALS in 2013. He co-founded the Ice Bucket Challenge with Pete Frates.