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Democracies are increasingly threatened by the climate crisis, with new analysis showing that elections are increasingly determined not only by political forces but also by floods, wildfires and extreme weather events.At least 94 elections and referendums in 52 countries have been interrupted due to climate-related impacts over the past 20 years, researchers said.As risks increase, pressure on already fragile democratic institutions is expected to increase further, particularly in Africa and Asia.The findings, released by the International Institute for Democracy and Election Assistance, an intergovernmental organization that aims to support democracies around the world, are the first to analyze how natural…

New international research published in current biology We report on the analysis of ancient mitochondrial DNA extracted from eight Neanderthal teeth discovered in the Stagynia Cave in Poland. Using this material, researchers were able to reconstruct the genetic profile of a small number of Neanderthals who lived at the same time in the same place north of the Carpathian Mountains. This is the first time scientists have reconstructed the genetic picture of multiple Neanderthals from a single location and time period in the region. “This is a surprising result because for the first time we have been able to observe…

Nearly half of children in the United States live in areas with dangerous levels of air pollution, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Lung Association. This equates to 33.5 million children (46 percent of the country’s children) living in areas that fail on at least one measure of air pollution, which is particularly harmful to lung development. The report also found that people of color are more than twice as likely as white people to live in neighborhoods that fail on all three metrics. Latinos are more than three times as likely to live in such communities,…

As increasing numbers of rotavirus cases are reported across the United States and New Jersey this spring, experts at Hackensack Meridian Children’s Hospital health Parents are urging parents to make sure their children are vaccinated against this common and potentially serious disease. Rotavirus is a contagious virus that can cause gastroenteritis, an inflammation of the stomach and intestines. Symptoms include severe watery diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and abdominal pain, which can lead to dehydration, hospitalization, and in rare cases, death. Before the rotavirus vaccine was introduced in 2006, nearly every child in the United States contracted the virus at least once…

A new study has found that the proteins that control which genes are expressed in the genome do more than just turn genes on or off. Essentially, each type of protein that interacts with a gene produces different behavior. This discovery has implications for everything from biomedical therapy to biological computing. The problem is “epigenome regulatory factors.” The genome of all living things is made up of DNA. But that DNA is combined with many different proteins into a very compact structure. The proteins that bind to DNA are called the epigenome and control which parts of the DNA are…

For the first time, a stem cell model has generated structures resembling early human embryos with yolk sac-like structures from a single starting stem cell population without direct genetic manipulation. The model was created at the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering. Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences provided data from monkey embryos to confirm that the Michigan research team was indeed seeing a yolk sac-like structure in their model. “According to standard knowledge of human development, the yolk sac should arise from subblast cells. We know that our system cannot generate subblast cells or their derivatives, so we…

Results from the single-center, phase 2 CAR-PRISM (PRecision Intervention Smoldering Myeloma) clinical trial, which was the first to investigate chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for patients with high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma, showed that all 20 patients were minimally residual disease (MRD) negative within 2 months of treatment and remained MRD negative after a median follow-up of 15.3 months, with no naive patients. Severe side effects, according to results presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2026, held April 17-22 in San Diego, California. Within 2 months, all patients were MRD negative at the deepest measurable level, and all remained…

When young adults are asked to recall their drinking habits, their memories may not always match what actually happened in their daily lives, a new study suggests. People tend to remember major events, such as accidents or fights, but may forget more subjective experiences, such as cravings or changes in alcohol tolerance. This disconnect between memory and reality can make it difficult for clinicians and researchers to fully understand the range of alcohol use disorder (AUD) symptoms that people are experiencing. The survey results are clinical psychology, Relying solely on memory can leave important gaps, suggesting that new assessment strategies…

An artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has demonstrated the ability to accurately predict the response to immunotherapy in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). If clinically validated, it could provide clinicians with much-needed insight into one of oncology’s most pressing challenges. Details of this model, called Path-IO, were presented today at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 2026 Annual Meeting by Dr. Rukmini Bandyopadhyay, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Dr. Jia Wu, associate professor of image physics and thoracic/head and neck oncology. There…

Angus Cheng covers all issues broadly related to cancer, including medicines, policy, science and stocks. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His work has been recognized with the national Edward R. Murrow Award and the June L. Biedler Award for Cancer Journalism, among others. You can access Angus.08 on Signal.Damian Garde covers the global pharmaceutical industry as a general live and feature journalism reporter and contributes to STAT’s industry-leading events.You’re reading AACR in 30, the web version of STAT’s pop-up newsletter. This is your guide to what’s happening at the…