In the first instalment of a series to mark the 10th anniversary of the Future Science Prize, Holly Chik and Shen Xinmei look at Professor Dennis Lo’s groundbreaking discovery of fetal DNA in maternal plasma, which earned him the inaugural award in the Life Sciences category in 2016. The blood tests of the future can…
The 2024 Family Business Summit (FBS) concluded in Hong Kong as the principal members of more than 100 wealthy families exchanged views on a broad range of topics with distinguished speakers from different fields. The second day of the by-invitation event kicked off with a discussion about opportunities in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations…
1. What is Lo best known for? Lo is often referred to as the “father” of non-invasive prenatal testing, which uses a pregnant woman’s blood to check for disorders in a fetus. The test looks for Down’s syndrome and some other chromosomal disorders such as Edwards syndrome and Patau syndrome. Before the test was introduced…