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Teresa Woodruff to Give Whitney Lecture at University of Arkansas for Medical Science
February 1, 2010
On February 4th, Teresa K. Woodruff travels to Little Rock, AK to deliver lectures on Oncofertility and Follicle Formation and Maturation at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science.
Teresa K. Woodruff to Present Dean’s Grand Challenge Lecture in Medicine and Engineering
February 1, 2010
Join Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, Feinberg School of Medicine, for a discussion about the preservation of fertility options for young people with cancer. Cancer is now a disease with a variety of treatment options, which are leading to longer and more productive lives by…
Good Housekeeping: “Putting Fertility on Ice”
January 28, 2010
From Good Housekeeking, Jan 2010. One of the cruelties of cancer treatment for a young woman is that while it may save her life, it also may leave her infertile. But now a patient about to undergo chemo or radiation can have an ovary removed,…
FASEB Launches New Series, Horizons in Bioscience, with article on Oncofertility
January 28, 2010
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) has launched a new series, Horizons in Bioscience, to provide educational, one-page articles that highlight cutting-edge scientific research on the brink of clinical application and describe the pathway of discovery leading to the current day. The…
OSA Documentary Trailer
January 20, 2010
The film describes the story of 15 juniors and 14 seniors from Young Women’s Leadership Charter School of Chicago, who were selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants, to participate in a once in a lifetime opportunity to learn about the emerging, new field…
HemOnc Today: “Discussing Oncofertility: The Oncologist’s Responsibility”
November 4, 2009
From the article, which can be found here: “A third, but still experimental cryopreservation technique for women, is ovarian tissue freezing. This technique involves a biopsy of the ovarian tissue that is then frozen and implanted into the patient at a later time. According to…