Future Science Prize goes to non-invasive prenatal testing

The Future Forum,a non-profit organization established last year in Beijing,announced that pathologist Dennis Ming Yuk Lo from the Chinese University of Hong Kong won the life sciences Future Science Prize for the discovery of fetal cell-free DNA（cfDNA）in maternal plasma in 1997（Lo et al.,1997）.By d...

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Published inScience China. Life sciences Vol. 60; no. 4; pp. 429 - 431
Main Authors Li, Kang, Duan, Yaou, Ting, Magdalene Yin Lin, Ou, Zhiying, Liu, Li, Zhang, Kang, Fu, Xin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Beijing Science China Press 01.04.2017
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Awards and Prizes
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Female
Humans
Insight
Life Sciences
Pregnancy
Prenatal Diagnosis - methods
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Summary:The Future Forum,a non-profit organization established last year in Beijing,announced that pathologist Dennis Ming Yuk Lo from the Chinese University of Hong Kong won the life sciences Future Science Prize for the discovery of fetal cell-free DNA（cfDNA）in maternal plasma in 1997（Lo et al.,1997）.By detecting male fetus-derived Y sequences in maternal plasma,Lo et al.successfully proved the presence of fetal cfDNA in maternal plasma and serum（Lo et al.,1997）.
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The Future Forum,a non-profit organization established last year in Beijing,announced that pathologist Dennis Ming Yuk Lo from the Chinese University of Hong Kong won the life sciences Future Science Prize for the discovery of fetal cell-free DNA（cfDNA）in maternal plasma in 1997（Lo et al.,1997）.By detecting male fetus-derived Y sequences in maternal plasma,Lo et al.successfully proved the presence of fetal cfDNA in maternal plasma and serum（Lo et al.,1997）.
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ISSN:1674-7305
1869-1889
DOI:10.1007/s11427-016-0411-8