ALS Research
The Borje Salming ALS Foundation aims to promote medical scientific research to improve treatment and eventually cure amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS.
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.
Anna Månberg
ALS researcher Anna Månberg and her team at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm are one of the five researchers who were awarded funds from the Borje Salming ALS Foundation.
Ulf Hedin about Börjes fight against ALS
Ulf Hedin is the Medical Scientific Coordinator for the Borje Salming ALS Foundation. Ulf talks about the first meeting with Börje, when a drug might be available, and why more research is needed.
The foundation's scientific council
The council's task is primarily to assist the foundation as experts in the assessment of applications prior to the awarding of research grants.
The council is composed of experts in Swedish brain research with knowledge and experience of both experimental and patient-oriented research.
How we use your gift
The foundation's purpose is to provide financial support to prominent ALS researchers as well as support to sufferers and relatives.
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.
Ulf Hedin on the need for gifts to defeat ALS
Ulf Hedin, Research Coordinator Börje Salming ALS Foundation and Professor and Chief Physician Vascular Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, explains why research in ALS is not allocated to general funding, such as heart disease and cancer.
Research News
The latest from the Foundation on ALS and research
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...
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