Encounters with Alumni from Greater China
Professor Dennis Lo (Christ Church, 1986; Hertford 1990) has recently been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, joining the likes of prominent scientists such as Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. The Royal Society recognises Professor Lo’s discovery of circulating fetal nucleic acids in the plasma of pregnant women, creating a paradigm shift in non-invasive prenatal diagnosis, for example for Down’s Syndrome. From bench-side to signing in the Royal Society Charter Book with the historic quill-pen, Professor Lo remarked, ‘I am most delighted to receive this honour, which is one of the most treasured that a scientist can receive.”
Over the past 14 years, Professor Lo’s research team has achieved many breakthroughs in the diagnostic applications of circulating fetal nucleic acids and in understanding its fundamental biology. For example, Professor Lo has recently demonstrated that the entire fetal genome is present in maternal plasma and has outlined the conceptual framework for non-invasive fetal genome scanning.
Professor Lo is currently the Director of Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences and Li Ka Shing Professor of Medicine and Professor of Chemical Pathology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
--- Written in August 2011 ---
Over the past 14 years, Professor Lo’s research team has achieved many breakthroughs in the diagnostic applications of circulating fetal nucleic acids and in understanding its fundamental biology. For example, Professor Lo has recently demonstrated that the entire fetal genome is present in maternal plasma and has outlined the conceptual framework for non-invasive fetal genome scanning.
Professor Lo is currently the Director of Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences and Li Ka Shing Professor of Medicine and Professor of Chemical Pathology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
--- Written in August 2011 ---
