University of Michigan Health http://michiganradio.org en Cerebral spring cleaning http://michiganradio.org/post/cerebral-spring-cleaning <p>Around this time of year, we all try to do some spring cleaning.</p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Well, it turns out that your brain does some of that too.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Jun-Lin </span>Guan<span style="line-height: 1.5;">, Ph.D, is a researcher at the University of Michigan and is the senior author of a new article that explained the importance of an important protein that helps our brains clean and maintain stem cells that reside deep in the brain.&nbsp;</span></p><p> Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:55:00 +0000 Michigan Radio Newsroom 12079 at http://michiganradio.org Cerebral spring cleaning Money, ego, and meds: Why would UM doc sell out to hedge fund? http://michiganradio.org/post/money-ego-and-meds-why-would-um-doc-sell-out-hedge-fund <p>You're an 80-year-old famed neurologist at the University of Michigan. You're a giant in your field, with a list of honors and awards as long as your arm. You're such a big name in Alzheimer's research that major drug companies ask you to run their clinical trials.</p><p>And then you blow it all by giving secret information to a hedge fund investor in what the FBI and the SEC are calling most lucrative insider trading scheme ever.&nbsp;</p><p>But, why?</p><p><strong>The Money</strong></p> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:07:29 +0000 Kate Wells 10020 at http://michiganradio.org Money, ego, and meds: Why would UM doc sell out to hedge fund?