Living with sickle cell disease comes with a great deal of challenges including maintaining and...
Longitudinal Sampling for a Lifelong Disease: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
As a chronic autoimmune disease, patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) experience widespread inflammation and unpredictable disease flare episodes that progressively worsen over time, contributing to tissue and organ damage. Its heterogeneous nature, slow disease progression, and seemingly random symptom flares complicate research studies aimed at improving therapeutic options for SLE patients.
