ALS & Research
Borje Salming ALS Foundation's goal is to promote medical scientific research to improve treatment and eventually cure amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS. The foundation will also create initiatives to provide support to sufferers and relatives.
The foundation provides financial support to researchers for basic science and patient-oriented research projects that are focused on studying the causes of ALS, development of new methods in the medical treatment of the disease, and projects for innovative solutions that facilitate the care of ALS patients.
Allocation of Research Grants
Five researchers at Karolinska Institutet, KTH, Umeå University and Gothenburg University are awarded research funds to investigate the origin of the disease ALS, new treatment methods and improvement of care for sufferers and support for relatives.
Hear Rolf Edberg's reflections on serving as ambassador.
Hockey player Rolf Rättan Edberg is an ambassador for the Borje Salming ALS Foundation and has experience of being a member of ALS. When Rolf's wife Ulla-Kari suffered from ALS, Rolf had to experience the disease up close. Rolf Edberg is the foundation's support person for those affected and their relatives.
How we use your gift
The Foundation shall fulfil its purpose partly by providing financial support to prominent researchers in Sweden or abroad.
Research
The Borje Salming ALS Foundation aims to promote medical scientific research to improve treatment and eventually cure amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS.
Support for sufferers and relatives
The foundation will contribute to spreading knowledge about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The foundation will also create initiatives to facilitate and provide support to ALS sufferers and their relatives.
The disease ALS
Learn more about ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
Take part in the stories from people living with ALS as affected or a relative.
At Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, an ALS team works with various professions to meet and care for people with ALS.
ALS is an incurable and progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the nerve cells in both the brain and spinal cord.
Frequently Asked Questions About ALS
ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a nerve disease that gradually leads to a loss of muscle control and strength. Learn more about ALS and get answers to the most common questions.
News about ALS and research on the disease
The latest from the Foundation and research in ALS
Borje Salming ALS Foundation allocates 6.3 million Swedish kronor to Swedish ALS research
Five researchers have been awarded a total of 6.3 million Swedish kronor for ALS research.
Promising applications for research grants to Borje Salming ALS Foundation
Now the research portal is closed and a lot of interesting applications have come in.
Footballer Jesper Björkman ill with ALS
This summer Jesper Björkman played in Ängelholms FF, without any problems, a match of 9...
Borje Salming ALS Foundation helps to find a cure for ALS
Together we take on the fight against ALS.