Thrombopoietin & Improved Platlet Disease Management

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD Guest: David J. Kuter, MD Platelets have a unique regulatory system in the body that does not respond well to increased or decreased production or destruction. Join guest Dr. David J. Kuter, director of hematology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston as he tells host Dr. Bruce Bloom about new findings concerning the platelet regulatory molecule thrombopoietin that can lead to better management of platelet diseases like ITP.