Dousing: Adam Regal, who has motor neurone disease, and his wife Kylie experience the ice challenge with the help of their children Ciara, 4, and Ajai, 8, and Adam's sister Renee Regal. Picture: ANDY ZAKELI
Thousands of Australians who took part in the Ice Bucket Challenge by getting doused have helped kick-start the country's largest research project into motor neurone disease (MND).
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A group of 16 researchers from across Australia have been granted $1.05 million to build a genetic database that will be used to understand what causes MND, a terminal disease.
About 30,000 Australians doused themselves in icy water last year to lift MND's profile.
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