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Despite the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge going viral in August of 2014, the disease is still claiming lives almost a decade later in August of 2023. Bryan Randall, the partner of Sandra Bullock, has just passed away after a behind-the-scenes battle with a medical condition. Although Bryan is no longer with us , Bullock's sister, Gesine Bullock-Brado, explained on Instagram that "... there is some comfor t in knowing he had the best of caretakers in my amazing sister and the band of nurses she assembled who helped her look after him in their home." Once again, ALS is shaping headlines across the country. But what is the disease and the challenges that come with it? Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Let's start with its formal name. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, otherwise known as ALS, is a "progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord" according to the ALS Foundation . More specifically, the death of motor neurons in the brain is what is responsib