11/11/2008 News For: In Vitro FertilizationSafeguard Scientifics And Oxford Bioscience Partners Co-Lead $12M Series A FINANCING FOR Molecular Biometrics Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., recently announced it co-led a $12M Series A financing round with Oxford Bioscience Partners for Molecular Biometrics, Inc. The metabolomics company's lead product, ViaMetrics-E, is a diagnostic procedure designed to help identify the most viable embryos with the greatest reproductive potential for in vitro fertilization IVF. AACR to host Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research American Association for Cancer Research The American Association for Cancer Research?s Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research will focus on the latest biological, medical and social research behind cancer prevention. The conference will be held Nov. 16 - 19, 2008, at the Gaylord National Convention Center in Washington, D.C. and more than 1,000 ... Lance Armstrong Foundation Awards Nearly $1 Million in Grants to Eight Community-Based Programs Across the U.S. Today the Lance Armstrong Foundation awarded nearly $1 million in grants to eight community-based programs across the U.S. The 2008 grantees are HopeLab; Hartford Hospital; Emory University; Nebraska Methodist Hospital Foundation; Cancer Services of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM; New York Legal Assistance Group; Community Media Productions, Inc.; and the Nurse Oncology Education Program. Teenager wins right to die A terminally-ill teenager has won the right to die at home after a hospital tried to force her to have a heart transplant, her family said Tuesday, in a case testing medical ethics. Coping With Medical Bills While Keeping Up The Farm Danielle Rodgers in Mahtowa, Minn. discusses how her family is braving the tough economy. Danielle and her sick husband are coping with big medical bills as they support four children and work to keep their 400-acre farm. AACR Joins Love/Avon Army of Women for Breast Cancer Prevention The American Association for Cancer Research announced today that it will provide scientific expertise to Love/Avon Army of Women. A longtime leader in cancer prevention research, the AACR is the official scientific collaborator to this groundbreaking initiative. The Love/Avon Army of Women seeks to link more than one million women volunteers with cancer researchers across the country to ... |

