Comprehensively characterizing endometriosis with spatial technologies

Elise Courtois (pictured left, credit to The Jackson Laboratory) researches endometriosis at The Jackson Laboratory (ME, CT and CA, USA). In this article, she discusses how endometriosis, a common and painful gynecological and systemic disease, has previously been neglected in research and how she is working to change this. She highlights how spatial and single-cell technologies are revolutionizing the field by shedding light on the important role of the lesion microenvironment in developing diagnostics and treatments for endometriosis. What is endometriosis and why is it an important area of research? Endometriosis is a complex and chronic disease impacting more than...