The Asian Scientist 100
Dennis Lo
Institution
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Country
Hong Kong
Field
Life Sciences
Lo was awarded the 2022 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his discovery of fetal DNA in maternal blood that led to non- invasive prenatal testing for Down Syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities.
(Photo: Hong Kong Genome Centre)
AWARDS
- 2022 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
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