Prof. Dennis Y.M. Lo (left), Li Ka Shing Professor of Medicine and chairman of the Department of Chemical Pathology, has won the 2012 Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize for his work on non-invasive prenatal diagnosis. Professor Lo is the first Hong Kong scholar ever to receive the honour. He received the prize from Mr. Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China, at the 12th General Conference of the World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries and 23rd General Meeting hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences held in Tianjin.

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