A study looking at the longer-term impact of COVID-19 has found that nearly a third of patients displayed abnormalities in multiple organs five months after infection, some of which have been shown through previous work to be evidence of tissue damage.
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Some of the 11,000 people who’ve taken part in the ground-breaking Leicester research study, EXCEED, gathered at the University of Leicester’s Sir Bob Burgess building on 6 September to celebrate 10 years of the study.
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The NIHR Leicester BRC is partnering with Monash University in Australia to undertake a multi-million dollar trial to evaluate an exercise rehabilitation model to help people with multiple chronic health conditions.
Read MoreA major UK study co-led by researchers from the NIHR Leicester BRC, has discovered that the disturbed sleep patterns in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 was likely to be a driver of breathlessness.
Levelling-up our understanding of liver damage is the aim of the new Midlands Liver Research Alliance, which includes dedicated teams from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Leicester BRC.
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An international team, including the Director of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), that studied the combined effects of semaglutide with cagrilintide (CagriSema) in people with type 2 diabetes, has revealed that CagriSema resulted in significant weight loss, as well as clinically relevant improvements in blood sugar control.
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