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Marisa Sharing her story

 

Why should you share your story with us?

Our research and dialogue with patients and patient advocacy groups reflects clear patient sentiment: Current options for people living with autoimmune diseases aren’t good enough. Some medicines attack isolated symptoms rather than underlying disease drivers; chronic steroid use offers relief but often at a steep price to patients in the form of short and long term complications.

We’re working on a new experimental approach to train human immune cells to target the malfunctioning B cells driving inflammation and disease progression. The goal of our clinical research is to develop and seek approval of a potentially game-changing approach for devastating autoimmune conditions. Nkarta’s cell therapy candidates are investigational. They have not been approved by FDA, and their safety and effectiveness have not been established.

At Nkarta, patients aren’t customers in a transaction. They’re who we are and why we exist. Our CEO has lived with autoimmune disease since childhood, and many other team members understand this fight firsthand as autoimmune patients or caregivers. This perspective shapes everything we do – from how we design our clinical trials to how we think about what success looks like for our investigational NK cell therapy.

To put it another way: Our ultimate success depends on understanding your journey. We believe deeply in sharing real stories from real people navigating autoimmune disease. Every journey looks different and deserves to be heard. When you share yours, you’re informing how innovative companies pursue and measure the outcomes that matter most to you.

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We would love to hear about your journey. Please tell us more about yourself below and be sure to fill out the disclaimer so someone from our team can reach out to you.

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Submitting a story does not guarantee publication. Nkarta will obtain separate written permission before publishing your story or identifying information. If you are participating in a clinical trial, please report safety concerns to your study site rather than through this form.

Melissa’s Myositis Story

Like a looter in a riot, dermatomyositis ransacked Melissa’s world, stealing precious things it had no right to take. Inflammation sapped her muscle strength, her energy, her mobility, even her sense of self. Yet somehow, Melissa found the courage and resolve to weather the storm, seek out support and slowly rebuild. (Read her full story here.)

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“We don’t have any drugs out here that really treat this condition, and right now it’s incurable,” she says. “If you want to define your quality of life, go out there and help make that definition for our condition.”