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PROFESSOR
DENNIS LO

Director of the Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences and
Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Medicine, CUHK

‘‘With an unprecedented confluence‘‘ As the first to discover the presence of fetal
of will, resources and urgency, DNA in maternal plasma, Professor Lo and
there has never been a better time his team developed a non-invasive prenatal
to be a science and technology diagnostic test for Down Syndrome which has
innovator in Hong Kong. Let’s take been adopted in over 90 countries. His team
this once-in-a-generation opportunity also succeeded in discovering a genome-wide
to make a difference. genetic map technology which enables the
non-invasive prenatal diagnostic tests to be
Dennis Lo used for multiple genetic diseases as well as
cancer detection. Professor Lo has received
numerous awards, including the King Faisal
International Prize in Medicine and the Future
Science Prize — Life Science Prize.

Professor Dennis Lo.