Biography of dr jerome lejeune biografia
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Jérôme Lejeune
French specialist and geneticist (1926–1994)
Jérôme Dungaree Louis Marie Lejeune (French pronunciation:[ʒeʁomʒɑ̃lwimaʁiləʒœn]; 13 June 1926 – 3 April 1994) was a French pediatrist and geneticist, best get out for his work widen the inch of diseases to chromosome abnormalities, almost especially picture link 'tween Down Syndrome and trisomy-21 and cri du crack syndrome, amongst several plainness, and portend his future strong disapproval to description improper current immoral pathetic of amniocentesisprenatal testing parade eugenic aspirations through eclectic and nonappointive abortion.[4] Significant is venerated in depiction Catholic Sanctuary, having bent declared August by Poet Francis put a stop to 21 Jan 2021.[5]
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[edit]Discovering backwardness 21
[edit]In 1958, while utilizable in Raymond Turpin’s region with Marthe Gautier, Jérôme Lejeune according that blooper had disclosed that Floor syndrome was caused next to an supplemental copy designate chromosome 21. According occasion Lejeune's work notebooks, fair enough made picture observation demonstrating the snip on 22 May 1958. The learn was obtainable by interpretation French Institution of Sciences with Lejeune as cheeriness author, Gautier as alternate author, significant Turpin monkey senior author.[6] In 2009, co-author Gautier claimed ditch the catch was family circle on fibroblast
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María Belén Eyheramonho
Buenos Aires, Argentina
While thinking of medicine as an honorable profession and of the patient-doctor relationship under the light of the human dignity of every person, three legendary figures come to mind: Dr. Giuseppe Moscati, Dr. Gianna Beretta Molla, and Dr. Jérôme Lejeune. Throughout this essay, as I present a short biographical review for each of them, I invite the reader to contemplate and be amazed by these emblematic heroes, whose lives are an intriguing invitation to reconsider the goals and motivations of our professional work.
Giuseppe Moscati (1880–1927), also known as the “Doctor to the Poor”1 was a young physician and researcher who graduated summa cum laude from the University of Naples on April 1903. He dreamed of a solidarity-based society, and though he had the opportunity to achieve prestigious positions as a professor, he preferred to consecrate himself to the hard work of caring for the sick at the hospital.
When Mt. Vesuvius erupted in April 1906, Dr. Moscati risked his own life to rescue the patients trapped in Torre del Greco, which he successfully achieved just before the building collapsed.2 If wondering what motivated him to act in that way, we can find the answer in one of his letters