Laureate

Yuk Ming Dennis Lo

Born 1963 · China · Male

Awards

  1. 2021

    Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences

    Biology

    for discovering that fetal DNA is present in maternal blood and can be used for the prenatal testing of trisomy 21 and other genetic disorders

  2. 2022

    Lasker Award — Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

    Biology

    For the discovery of fetal DNA in maternal blood, leading to noninvasive prenatal testing for Down syndrome