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Oncofertility Summer Research Fellowship 2011: Apply by Friday, April 8th (High School Biology Teachers)
April 7, 2011
The Oncofertility Summer Research Fellowship 2011 (OSRF11) is a paid ten day professional development opportunity for high school biology teachers. Oncofertility is a new discipline that bridges oncology and reproductive medicine in order to discover and apply new fertility preservation options for young patients with…
New article: It’s Now or Never: Fertility-Related Knowledge, Decision-Making Preferences, and Treatment Intentions in Young Women With Breast Cancer
April 1, 2011
Many young women with early breast cancer consider fertility to be a priority; however, most women do not receive information regarding fertility preservation prior to cancer treatment. In this study, knowledge about fertility and decisional conflict were measured in young patients with breast cancer considering…
Oncofertility Consortium recognized in The Chronicle of Higher Education
March 29, 2011
In a new article in the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled, “As Budgets Tighten, Big Science Gets a New Opportunity to Make It’s Case,” the Oncofertility Consortium is recognized for it’s interdisciplinary approach to basic science, otherwise known as “team science”. As congress threatens to…
PODCAST: Remove Rider on Parthenotes (Lisa Campo-Engelstein)
March 16, 2011
There’s an obscure rider obstructing science when it comes to parthenotes, Lisa Campo Engelstein, Sarah Rodriguez, Candace Tingen and Teresa Woodruff explain in the the March 2011 issue of the American Journal of Bioethics. In 1996, Congress passed the Dickey-Wicker Amendment (DWA) as part of…
New JOVE publication: A Method for Ovarian Follicle Encapsulation and Culture in a Proteolytically Degradable 3 Dimensional System
March 15, 2011
Members of the Oncofertility Consortium recently published an article in the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JOVE), to disseminate some of the techniques prioneered by the group. The video article both describes and shows how authors Ariella Shikanov, Min Xu, Teresa Woodruff, and Lonnie Shea encapsulate…
WATCH: Legislative Briefing on Fertility Issues Facing Post Cancer Treatment Patients (California)
March 11, 2011
http://www.calchannel.com/channel/viewvideo/2117 On February 14, 2011, California state assembly member Anthony Portantino introduced legislation, AD 428, which would mandate that health insurance plans cover the cost of fertility preservation. The legislation would cover patients in California suffering from conditions whose treatment plans, such as…