Frank Celia

Sep 20, 2024 | aacr.org | Frank Celia

Nearly a half century ago, one of the founders of cancer immunology, Lloyd J. Old, MD, predicted that “there is something unique about a cancer cell that distinguishes it from normal cells, and that this difference can be recognized by the body’s immune system.” At the time, most of his colleagues disagreed. But Old was right. Harnessing the body’s natural ability to fight cancer cells turned out to be one of the greatest success stories in medical history.

Aug 27, 2024 | aacr.org | Frank Celia

Despite oncologists’ best efforts to kill them, cancer cells, like all living things, tend to cling tenaciously to life. In doing so, the disease employs a fiendish array of strategies that are so complex, multifarious, and drawn out it can almost feel like practitioners are matching wits against a conscious adversary.

Jun 19, 2024 | quillette.com | Alex Byrne |Joel Kotkin |David Rush |Frank Celia

Jonathan Kay: Welcome to the Quillette podcast. I’m Jonathan Kay. And as your podcast software may already have indicated to you, this is a short episode. I’ve even cast aside the usual boilerplate intro so I can dive in real quick. Don’t worry, my co-host Iona and I will still be serving up long-form podcasts on a regular basis, but we’ll also be mixing in some shorter, newsier episodes when circumstances warrant.

Jun 18, 2024 | quillette.com | Alex Byrne |Joel Kotkin |David Rush |Frank Celia

For middle- and working-class people across the developed world, home ownership has served as a primary driver of upward mobility. But in a growing number of places, this aspiration is being systematically undermined with grave implications for liberal democracy, the economy, and even fertility. This phenomenon is recorded in the newly released 20th edition of Demographia International Housing Affordability, and it is found in virtually every high-income country.

Jun 17, 2024 | quillette.com | Alex Byrne |David Rush |Frank Celia |Jonathan Kay

He will say: Where are their gods,The rock in whom they sought refuge,Who ate the fat of their offeringsAnd drank their libation wine? Let them rise up to your help,And let them be a shield unto you!~Deuteronomy 32:37–38 On 6 November, Bill Ackman appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box to discuss his efforts to restore sanity to American higher education.