Leonard Lopate Weekend: Fighting Cancer, David Duchovny & The Teenage Brain

This week: As part of WNYC's Living Cancer series we spoke with Dr. Jedd Wolchok of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and senior staff writer at Salon Mary Elizabeth Williams about immunotherapy, a method of treating cancer which harnessing the body’s own immune system (first). Then, David Duchovny on his first novel, Holy Cow: A Modern-Day Dairy Tale. It's about a happy cow whose innocence is shattered when she learns about industrial meat farms (32:45). Plus, neurologist Frances E. Jensen looks at the science of the adolescent brain and provides practical advice for both parents and teenagers (49:50)

Inhibitory Cells Can Stop Signaling

(createdCby the author. Artwork by Mary A. Leonard, Biomedical Art and Design, U. Penn)

 

Dr. Jedd Wolchok and Mary Elizabeth Williams at the Cancer Research Institute

(Cancer Research Institute)