Nancy Frates, mother of Pete Frates, whose viral video kickstarted the Ice Bucket Challenge, will talk about the phenomenon at the Motor Neurone Disease Symposium.
Bucket-loads of icy water dunked on Australian heads last year has translated into more than a million dollars, enough to pool a team of experts to find treatments for motor neurone disease (MND).
A new Fellowship in motor neurone disease (MND) research has been announced on the first anniversary of the death of campaigner and fundraiser Scott Sullivan.