Three teams of USC stem cell researchers have won a coveted prize — the opportunity to test 3,000 drug candidates or chemicals for the potential to help patients. Two teams will focus their efforts on cancer, and the third team will search for ways to accelerate the healing of large bone fractures.

The winning teams are led by Gage Crump and Francesca Mariani, Shou-Jiang Gao and Amy S. Lee.

To read more, visit stemcell.usc.edu/2014/07/09/usc-stem-cell-and-the-usc-norris-comprehensive-cancer-center-accelerate-drug-discovery/#more-2332.