Our focus is on regenerative medicine, which encompasses the use of stem cells (murine & human), nanoparticles and targeted drug/gene delivery in neurodegenerative diseases. Our basic research involves how best to utilize stem cell therapy to treat Stroke and Alzheimer's disease. We strive to understand the survival and death cues for stem cells in an oxidative and inflammatory microenvironment. We are interested in identifying the mechanism/s underlying survival and death