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Free to read, “May need a subscription” and “Archived copy”: what they mean

Whether an article is free to read is a guess, not a test of your access. Each item is one of three:

  • No label: free to read (339 of 393). The publisher’s page marks it free, or the outlet publishes free to read: Medical Xpress, ScienceDaily, NIH (incl. NIA and PMC), Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's News Today, NPR, Alzheimer's Disease International, or a .gov site.
  • May need a subscription (16 of 393). The publisher’s own page marks the article as not free to read, or — when the page says nothing — the outlet sells subscriptions: The New York Times, STAT, Scientific American, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, Bloomberg, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Wired, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Times, The Telegraph, New Scientist, Endpoints News, Science. Each badge says which.
  • “Free to read? Not known” (38 of 393). The outlet is on neither list and its page said nothing. We do not call these paywalled.

Archived copy links go to a copy the Internet Archive (web.archive.org) saved, dated the day it was saved. We show one only where the Internet Archive reported a working saved copy when we checked; an archived copy of a subscription article sometimes shows only its opening. 291 of 393 items have one.

One-hour test could help doctors better spot memory problems

Medical Xpress

With the expected worldwide rise in all-cause dementia to approximately 152.8 million by the year 2050 and the potential for disease-modifying therapies such as anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies…

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Engineered protein that cuts Alzheimer's-linked brain deposits opens potential therapeutic avenue

Medical Xpress

A KAIST-led research team has found that a protein involved in gene regulation can suppress the harmful aggregation of amyloid-beta, a peptide associated with Alzheimer's disease. The approach also reduced the toxicity of protein aggregates that had already formed.

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Cholesterol transport protein emerges as possible target for Parkinson's treatment

Medical Xpress

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition that causes the progressive loss of dopamine-producing neurons in a brain region called the substantia nigra. Its characteristic symptoms include tremors, slowed movements, rigid muscles and difficulties with balance.

Read at Medical Xpress → Archived copy (3 Nov 2026), Internet Archive

Wireless neural chip tracks brain changes in real time after Alzheimer's drug administration

Medical Xpress

A joint research team led by KAIST has used a small, implantable neural chip to wirelessly monitor real-time changes in a neurotransmitter involved in memory and learning after an Alzheimer's drug has been administered. …

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New drug-delivery method offers promise in fight against neurodegenerative diseases

Medical Xpress

For patients battling neurodegenerative diseases like ALS, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other dementias, delivering disease-fighting antibody drugs directly to the brain has proven to be a difficult task. …

Read at Medical Xpress → Archived copy (25 Oct 2026), Internet Archive

Gene editing approach opens potential new route to Alzheimer's treatment

Medical Xpress

Dr. Kevin Kemp and his research team at the University of Bristol have converted the high-risk Alzheimer's gene APOE4 into the lower-risk APOE3 gene.

Read at Medical Xpress → Archived copy (29 Sep 2026), Internet Archive

How AI can create a virtual programmable human and revolutionize drug discovery

Medical Xpress

From idea, to lab, to clinic, to approval—it's a long and expensive process to bring a drug to market. It also rarely succeeds.

Why it matters: AI can create a virtual programmable human and revolutionize drug discovery, which is key because bringing a drug to market is a long, expensive process that rarely succeeds.

Read at Medical Xpress → Archived copy (17 Dec 2025), Internet Archive