Topic: Platelet Function Testing in the Clinic
Recorded: April 22, 2015 10:00am - 11:00am
Speakers:
Paolo Gresele, MD, University of Perugia
Neil Morgan, PhD, University of Birmingham
Moderator Raj S. Kasthuri, MD, University of North Carolina Medical School
Target audience:
Basic scientists and clinicians interested in platelet function testing and genetics of platelet disorders; Laboratory technicians involved in the diagnosis of hemorrhagic disorders; Clinicians interested in platelet function disorders and genetics of platelet function disorders
a. Platelet function assays – Paolo Gresele
Description of the available methods for measuring platelet responses
Relative limitations and advantages of the different methods
Clinical conditions in which platelet function testing is of proven diagnostic importance
Emerging areas in which platelet function testing may be of value
Special problems in platelet function testing
Area of future clinical research
b. Genetics of platelet disorders – Neil Morgan
Types of inherited platelet disorders – reduction in number of platelets or by platelet function defects
What have we learnt from genetic testing – new and old genes – how identified?
Genotyping and phenotyping approach
Next Generation Sequencing technologies – targeted gene sequencing and whole exome sequencing
The future of genetic testing
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