2018 - A new mechanism for body weight regulation - Claes Ohlsson - University of Gothenburg

Obesity is a growing public health problem worldwide with more than one billion overweight and 300 million obese people according to WHO....

2018 - Cerebrospinal fluid flow and its role in Alzheimer's disease

Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by the accumulation of toxic molecules, often in the form of proteinaceous waste. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which is mainly produced...

2018 - Cell therapy of malignant melanoma with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and Dendrit cell vaccine - Rolf Kiessling - Karolinska Institutet

The aim of the project is to develop a new immunotherapy approach for the treatment of malignant melanoma, a malignant skin cancer. Immunotherapy is based on...

2018 – Torsten Söderberg’s Academy Professorship in Medicine 2019 – Göran K. Hansson – Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

The Torsten Söderberg Foundation currently funds seven academic professorships in medicine at a level of 2 million Swedish kronor per year for five years....

2018 - The role of astrocytes in the spread of amyloid-beta pathology - Anna Erlandsson - Uppsala University, Sweden

The overall aim of the project is to investigate how the brain's support cells, the astrocytes, contribute to Alzheimer's disease and how...

2018 - Inflammatory complications in preterm infants - Petter Brodin - Karolinska Institutet

Newborn babies have immature immune systems and an increased risk of infections, especially those born prematurely. Very preterm babies are also at risk of...

2018 - New treatments for infections based on pathogenic bacteria's strategies to escape the complement system - Anna Blom - Lund University

Our study focuses on clinically important bacterial pathogens, for which the ever-increasing antibiotic resistance requires new treatment options. Each successful pathogen...

2018 - Photoactivated antimicrobial nanocoatings on medical devices - Georgios Sotiriou - Karolinska Institutet

2017 - Astrocytes - new target for CNS regeneration in stroke and ALS - Milos Pekny - University of Gothenburg

During human ageing and in diseases and injuries affecting the brain and spinal cord, such as stroke and ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), the...

2017 - Streptococcal modification of antibody glycosylation in severe infections - Mattias Collin - Lund University

Most proteins in our immune system are glycoproteins, with carbohydrates (glycans) influencing their function. Antibodies are central to our acquired immune system...

2017 – Torsten Söderberg’s Academy Professorship in Medicine 2018 – Göran K. Hansson – Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

The Torsten Söderberg Foundation currently funds six academic professorships in medicine (the most recent of which is currently being filled) at a level of 2 million...

2017 - The brain's galanin and substance P systems are altered in depression: Opening for new treatment - Tomas Hökfelt - Karolinska Institutet

Depression is a life-threatening (suicide), common and costly disease (affecting 300 million people worldwide, costing an unimaginable €380 billion in...