Five good reasons to support the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation
Continuing the work of Professor Jérôme Lejeune, whose life has always been "in the service of the true", as his friend Pope John Paul II pointed out, the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation has set itself three objectives that complement each other: to seek, care for and defend the people with a genetic intelligence disease. This crucial commitment requires support in several ways.
It's a fight he's fought all his life. Professor Lejeune, a world-renowned geneticist, has chosen to put his skills at the service of the dignity of life. A struggle that continued after his death with the creation, in 1995, of the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation. For more than twenty years, she has pursued with determination her work and commitments: research on intellectual disabilities of genetic origin (trisomy 21, Fragile X, cat cry disease, Rett syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Williams Beuren etc.), reception and care of people with these pathologies through a specialized medical consultation, defending the life and dignity of every human person.
To carry out its missions, the Foundation depends exclusively on the generosity of its donors: although recognized as a public utility since 1996, it does not receive any public subsidy. To support the Foundation is to contribute to the work of Professor Lejeune, who has defended all his life the most fragile, all those who, because of their genetic heritage, often find themselves stigmatized and rejected. It is in this capacity that the Foundation remains vigilant to bioethics issues and regularly alerts public opinion to issues of respect for life. Here are five good reasons to support it.
1. Defeat Down syndrome 21
The Jérôme Lejeune Foundation funds teams of researchers, all driven by the same ambition: to one day find a treatment to correct and defeat Down syndrome. "We will find, there is no way we can't find it," said Professor Jérôme Lejeune. "It's a much less difficult intellectual effort than sending a man to the moon." Over the past 25 years, the foundation has funded nearly 750 projects around the world, resulting in more than 700 international scientific publications. It is the leading funder of research on intellectual disabilities of genetic origin in France with an annual budget of around 4 million euros. It develops its own programs aimed at improving patients' cognitive capacity for greater autonomy and integration into society. Its scientific council selects between 30 and 50 research projects each year developed by French and international researchers.
2. Welcome more patients to its Institute
Already 10,000 patients welcomed at the Jérôme Lejeune Institute, since its creation, more than twenty years ago! Of these, 82% are affected by Down syndrome and 18% by other pathologies resulting in mental retardation. The Institute receives an average of 650 new patients each year with their families, from all walks of life, all ages, all conditions, many of whom are sent by the public hospital. Thanks to a team of 46 professionals, 4,453 consultations were carried out in 2018. To imagine the financial effort that this represents, it is necessary to know that the annual cost of the care by the Foundation of a patient is 350 euros.
It's a fight he's fought all his life. Professor Lejeune, a world-renowned geneticist, has chosen to put his skills at the service of the dignity of life. A struggle that continued after his death with the creation, in 1995, of the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation. For more than twenty years, she has pursued with determination her work and commitments: research on intellectual disabilities of genetic origin (trisomy 21, Fragile X, cat cry disease, Rett syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Williams Beuren etc.), reception and care of people with these pathologies through a specialized medical consultation, defending the life and dignity of every human person.
To carry out its missions, the Foundation depends exclusively on the generosity of its donors: although recognized as a public utility since 1996, it does not receive any public subsidy. To support the Foundation is to contribute to the work of Professor Lejeune, who has defended all his life the most fragile, all those who, because of their genetic heritage, often find themselves stigmatized and rejected. It is in this capacity that the Foundation remains vigilant to bioethics issues and regularly alerts public opinion to issues of respect for life. Here are five good reasons to support it.
1. Defeat Down syndrome 21
The Jérôme Lejeune Foundation funds teams of researchers, all driven by the same ambition: to one day find a treatment to correct and defeat Down syndrome. "We will find, there is no way we can't find it," said Professor Jérôme Lejeune. "It's a much less difficult intellectual effort than sending a man to the moon." Over the past 25 years, the foundation has funded nearly 750 projects around the world, resulting in more than 700 international scientific publications. It is the leading funder of research on intellectual disabilities of genetic origin in France with an annual budget of around 4 million euros. It develops its own programs aimed at improving patients' cognitive capacity for greater autonomy and integration into society. Its scientific council selects between 30 and 50 research projects each year developed by French and international researchers.
2. Welcome more patients to its Institute
Already 10,000 patients welcomed at the Jérôme Lejeune Institute, since its creation, more than twenty years ago! Of these, 82% are affected by Down syndrome and 18% by other pathologies resulting in mental retardation. The Institute receives an average of 650 new patients each year with their families, from all walks of life, all ages, all conditions, many of whom are sent by the public hospital. Thanks to a team of 46 professionals, 4,453 consultations were carried out in 2018. To imagine the financial effort that this represents, it is necessary to know that the annual cost of the care by the Foundation of a patient is 350 euros.
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