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Yuk-Ming Dennis Lo is a professor of chemical pathology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is the director of the Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences. Lo is a fellow of the Royal Society.

Personal life

Lo was born in Hong Kong. His father was a physicist and his mother taught music. In 1983, at the age of 20, he attended Cambridge University and completed a pre-clinical degree before attending Oxford for clinical training. He later finished his PhD at Oxford. Lo has stated that he does not practice a religion but in his heart of hearts would have "to invoke something religious to explain everything right to the beginning."

Career

After learning about a new method to detect small amounts of DNA called polymerase chain reaction, Lo attempted to detect fetal DNA in blood from a pregnant mother. In 1989, he published results that suggested fetal DNA did exist but only in low quantities. However, in 1997, Lo was successful in detecting fetal DNA in the plasma of a pregnant mother by using the male chromosome as a maker. He called the discovery like "finding your car's engine somewhere other than under the bonnet." This discovery has enabled a safer way for prenatal diagnosis of abnormalities in fetal development. In 2011, he developed a sequencing-based technology to detect down-syndrome using this plasma-based fetal DNA as well as methods for determining the gender of the fetus earlier than an ultrasound.

Awards

  • State Natural Science Award from the State Council of China, 2005
  • International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 2006
  • Abbott Award for Outstanding Contribution to Molecular Dianosticas
  • US National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Distinguished Scientist Award, 2006
  • Sigi Zeiring Award from the American Association of Clinical Chemistry, 2009
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, 2011
  • Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences, 2013

External links

References

  1. ^ "Yuk-Ming Dennis lo, MD: AACC-NACB Award for Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Chemistry in a Selected Area of Research". American Association for Clinical Chemistry. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Professor Yuk Ming Dennis Lo FRS". The Royal Society.
  3. "Encounters with Alumni from Greater China". Oxford University. August 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  4. Misia Landau (April 2012). "Inspiring Minds: Yuk-Ming Dennis Lo". 56 (4). Clinical Chemistry: 784-786. doi:10.1373/clinchem.2011.179069. Retrieved 6 September 2013. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ ZoÎ Corbyn (31 August 2013). "Dennis Lo: 'Should parents be told about a disease their child might get?'". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Academic Profiles: Dennis Lo, Professor". The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 6 September 2013.