As chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Jay R. Lieberman regularly sees patients with bone defects too severe to heal. This unmet clinical need inspired him to team up with two stem cell biologists, Gage Crump and Francesca Mariani, to find new solutions.

To read more, visit stemcell.usc.edu/2017/01/26/bone-defects-inspire-perfect-union-between-surgeon-scientist-and-stem-cell-researchers-at-usc.