How did 2 Hong Kong innovative pioneers turn ideas into reality that can change the world?

For many decades, trying to examine the genetic health of an unborn baby always came with a very real risk.

The most accurate and commonly used test involved inserting a needle into the mother’s uterus to obtain samples of the fluid protecting the fetus –

a method that carried a small chance of causing a miscarriage.

However, thanks to one of Hong Kong’s medical pioneers,

expectant parents around the world now benefit from a much safer way of

checking on their baby’s development during the pregnancy.

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