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  1. Molecular Medicine Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, 610041, China

    Kang Li

  2. Guangzhou Elite Health Biological Pharmaceutical Technology Company Ltd., Guangzhou, 510005, China

    Kang Li

  3. Institute for Genomic Medicine and Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92328, USA

    Yaou Duan, Magdalene Yin Lin Ting, Kang Zhang & Xin Fu

  4. Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510623, China

    Zhiying Ou, Li Liu, Kang Zhang & Xin Fu

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Li, K., Duan, Y., Ting, M.Y.L. et al. Future Science Prize goes to non-invasive prenatal testing. Sci. China Life Sci. 60, 429–431 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-016-0411-8

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