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NIH Oncofertility News Release

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: clinical research, Fertility Preservation, Oncofertility, vitro follicle growth
Today the National Institutes of Health published a news released based on an article about Oncofertility research from the journal Human Reproduction “In vitro grown human ovarian follicles from cancer patients support oocyte growth” by Min Xu, Susan Barrett, Erin West-Farrell, Laxmi Kondapalli, Sarah Kiesewetter, Lonnie…
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Second Annual Oncofertility Summit

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, Meetings, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Conference, humanities and social science, Oncofertility
The Second Annual Oncofertility Summit will take place at Northwestern University, Evanston Campus, from July 22-24, 2009. The theme of this year’s conference is reflections on Oncofertility from the humanities and social sciences. The goal of the conference is to bring together an interdisciplinary pool…
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Marina Peluffo wins Abstract Award from ISIVF

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Categories: Blog, Conferences, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Meetings, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: Awards, clinical research, Fertility Preservation, Lecture, Oncofertility, vitro follicle growth
Marina Peluffo and Teresa Woodruff stand in front of the abstract poster Peluffo won an award for at the 15th World Congress on IVF in Geneva, Switzerland in April 2009. Marina Peluffo, an Oncofertility Consortium member from Portland, Oregon, won an award for her poster abstract “Cumulus Oocyte Complexes…
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Obama gives money for Oncofertility research

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, Research
Tags: clinical research, Northwestern University, Oncofertility, Oncofertility Saturday Academy, OSA, Young Womens Leadership
Two high school graduates from the Young Women’s Leadership Charter School will be able to do hands-on research on Oncofertility this summer, thanks to President Obama’s stimulus money, the Chicago Tribune reported today. The stimulus money is coming from the National Cancer Institute and will…
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Time Magazine quotes Feb. 26 NEJM article

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Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, In the news, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: clinical research, fertility, Fertility Preservation, infertility, New England Journal of Medicine, Oncofertility, ovarian biology
On March 10th, Time Magazine published an article that mentioned Oncofertility Consortium members and research recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. A Hope to Prolong Fertility: Ovarian Transplants describes the choices faced by Stephanie Yarber. Yarber was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure at…
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Introducing Shauna Gardino

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Categories: Blog, General, Introductions, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: clinical research, ethics, legal, quality of life, religion, social science
My name is Shauna Gardino and I am clinical research coordinator at the Oncofertility Consortium. I manage the portfolio of social science studies related to fertility preservation for cancer patients. There are five current social science initiatives that provide a vital perspective of the social…
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What is the purpose of the Oncofertility Consortium?

Author image - Teresa K Woodruff, PhD By: Teresa K Woodruff, PhD -
Categories: Blog, Fertility Preservation, General, Oncofertility, Research
Tags: cancer, Fertility Preservation, goal, infertility, Lance Armstrong, vitro follicle growth
Cancer is now a disease with a variety of treatment options, which are leading to longer and more productive lives by survivors. Globally, there are 10 million people diagnosed with cancer.  10% of these newly diagnosed men and women are under the age of 45…
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