Laureate
Yuk Ming Dennis Lo
Born 1963 · China · Male
Awards
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2021
Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences
Biologyfor discovering that fetal DNA is present in maternal blood and can be used for the prenatal testing of trisomy 21 and other genetic disorders
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2022
Lasker Award — Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
BiologyFor the discovery of fetal DNA in maternal blood, leading to noninvasive prenatal testing for Down syndrome