Tag: Down syndrome

  • SC 146, Servant of God Jerome Lejeune, Physician, Pro-life advocate

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_146_Servant_of_God_Jerome_Lejeuene.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download In the wake of the 42nd annual March for Life, we revisit the life and work of Servant of God Jerome Lejeune, French geneticist and pediatrician.  The first to discover the genetic basis of a disease, Trisomy 21 or Down syndrome. Lejeune was a tireless defender of human […]

  • SaintCast 60, Jerome Lejeune

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/saintcast/SaintCast_Episode_60_Jerome_Lejeune.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadPaul travels to Chicago for another SaintCast “Man-On-The-Street” interview segment, the Saints of the Week, including St. Bede, Joan of Arc, and Justin Martyr. We have a saintly profile of French geneticist Dr. Jerome Lejeune who discovered the genetic basis of Down’s syndrome. The cause for his beatification was […]