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Remember the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that made waves two years ago? Well, money donated through raising awareness has contributed to a major scientific breakthrough!

University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Project MinE was able to discover a new gene after the ALS Association donated $1 million dollars from the Ice Bucket Challenge.

The gene has been identified as NEK1. Scientists are hoping the gene could provide clues and answers for potential treatment and understanding of the horrible disease.

“The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge enabled us to secure funding from new sources in new parts of the world,” Bernard Muller, founder of Project MinE and ALS patient, said in a statement (via NYDN). “This transatlantic collaboration supports our global gene hunt to identify the genetic drivers of ALS.”

Watch the celebrity ice bucket challenges from two years ago!

Hugh Jackman is doing the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge again to help kick start a round of funding for 2015!

The fundraising phenomenon from last summer brought in $115 million for the ALS Association and now the organization is bringing back the challenge every year until there’s a cure.

While the challenge was supposed to go viral in August, with Hugh’s help it seems like it might kick off very soon!

“I know I’m late but this is the 2015 ALS Ice Bucket Challenge,” the 46-year-old actor says in the Instagram clip before yelling, “Bring it on!”

Last year, Hugh did the challenge with the entire cast and crew of Pan including Rooney Mara, Garrett Hedlund, and Levi Miller!

Alex Pettyfer may be a little late to the whole ALS Ice Bucket Challenge craze, but we are glad to see that he still is participating!

The 24-year-old Magic Mike actor completed the challenge alongside his good friend Julien Chabbott and we have the full video of the moment below. In addition to doing the challenge, Alex says he donated $20,000 to the cause.

Among the people that Alex nominated were his girlfriend Marloes Horst and his dad.

It didn’t take long for his father to complete the challenge and Alex has already shared the video of it with us.

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Kim Kardashian shows some leg while accepting the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on the second part of the season premiere of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, airing Tuesday (September 9)!

The 33-year-old reality star was seen recording a video on her phone while getting ice poured on her by host Ellen DeGeneres, who nominated her. Watch the video below!

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“Well, I just went to San Diego and to give my pregnant sister a break. I took care of my niece, nephew and my daughter. To bathe them all three, feed them, get them in the pajamas and down for bed I was literally like crying. It was so hard. Three kids. I don’t know how my mom did it with six. So it was really, really hard so I’ll go for two but then again I have so many siblings and I love it. They’re my best friends. I would want that for my kids. So I’m going to do two and see how it is,” Kim shared on the show about having future kids with husband Kanye West.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West check out the new Jamie Oliver restaurant on Saturday (September 6) in Adelaide, Australia.

The married couple is touring around down under on Kanye‘s Yeezus Tour and were in Perth just the day before. He was seen playing some basketball with friends in the other city.

Kim will be appearing on the premiere week for The Ellen DeGeneres Show and a new teaser clip was just released in which she does the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Unfortunately we don’t get to see the whole video, so you’ll have to tune in to see it all.

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Heidi Klum closes out the Project Runway fashion show by dumping a bucket of ice water on Tim Gunn‘s head on Friday afternoon (September 5) at The Theatre at Lincoln Center in New York City.

The 41-year-old supermodel helped host the show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2015 and was joined by guest judge Emmy Rossum, along with regular judges Nina Garcia and Zac Posen.

“.@TimGunn completed the #ALSIceBucketChallenge with my help today at @ProjectRunway!” Heidi tweeted after the show.

Watch the video of Tim taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge below!

FYI: Heidi is wearing a Julien Macdonald dress. Emmy is wearing a Barbara Bui top and skirt with Veronika Borchers for Pearl Collective jewelry.

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Kiefer Sutherland dons an all black ensemble as he leaves the Chateau Marmont after a night out on Friday (August 29) in West Hollywood, Calif.

The 47-year-old 24: Live Another Day actor did the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge last week and went shirtless for the icy water deluge!

Check out his video below in cast you haven’t seen it already!

In case you missed it, you can check out all of our ALS Ice Bucket Challenge coverage right here – a ton of celebs participated and all of the videos are really entertaining!

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