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Jérôme Lejeune

French pediatrician and geneticist (1926-1994) · France · Doctors · Died at 67

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Jérôme Jean Louis Marie Lejeune was a French pediatrician and geneticist. He is best known for his work on the links between chromosome abnormalities like Down syndrome (trisomy-21) and cri du chat syndrome.

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1994Died3 April 19941992Leopold Griffuel PrizeAward1969ASHG Lifetime Achievement AwardAward1961CNRS silver medalAward1926Born13 June 1926

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Awards

Leopold Griffuel Prize1992
ASHG Lifetime Achievement Award1969
CNRS silver medal1961
Officer of the National Order of Merit
Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms
Honorary Doctorate

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Jérôme Jean Louis Marie Lejeune was a French pediatrician and geneticist. He is best known for his work on the links between chromosome abnormalities like Down syndrome (trisomy-21) and cri du chat syndrome. He is also known for his subsequent strong opposition to the use of amniocentesis prenatal testing for eugenic purposes through selective and elective abortion. He was declared Venerable by Pope Francis on 21 January 2021.

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France
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 1994 · aged 67

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