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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…
Oncofertility Consortium Becomes a New Member of the LIVESTRONG Young Adult Alliance
March 3, 2011
The Oncoferility Consortium is proud to be a new member of the LIVESTRONG Young Adult Alliance (AYA). LIVESTONG AYA is made up of more than 140 research, clinical education, and advocacy organizations nationwide dedicated to making advances in cancer treatment for people aged 15 to…
New Publication – Secondary follicle growth and oocyte maturation during encapsulated three-dimensional culture in rhesus monkeys: effects of gonadotrophins, oxygen and fetuin
March 3, 2011
A new article by members of the Oncofertility Consortium identified conditions to improve non-human primate secondary follicle growth in a three-dimensional alginate matrix. The study, "Secondary follicle growth and oocyte maturation during encapsulated three-dimensional culture in rhesus monkeys: effects of gonadotrophins, oxygen and fetuin," found…