Subscribe to MommyLife!
Email:  
Mommy Matters
PAST ISSUES
Email Marketing by Constant Contact®



 

lighthouse media.png

Blog Advice and Support
Installs and Upgrades
Theme Modifications
Custom Plugins
Theme Design
Conversions/Relocations
Hacked Site Recovery
Mobile Apps


*************
Design
Baby Shower Invitations
at Vistaprint.com
*************


First Communion Gift Headquarters



Grab This!


Barbara's Picks

Home My Story Categories Archives Blogroll

Reviews & Giveaways
8 New Giveaways!

IMG_3923-6.JPG
Montessori
for Everymom!


Use this link to save money and support this site!

Recent Posts

Recent Comments



Other Interesting Stuff



Our Little Extras: Moms Celebrate Down syndrome!

samurai boy.jpg
Classic Movies for Boys

~Mother and Child Album~

les miz.jpg
Les Miserables Book Study

maddy preset.jpg


March for Life 2009
See for yourself the face of pro-life!

100_0599.JPG

Click for Down
Syndrome news!
Jonny



My Amazon.com Wish List
Kinda like a tip jar :)

catholics come home.jpg
« Witty wordplay | Main | Obama dictatorship on the move »

March 21, 2009 1:31 PM

World Down Syndrome Day - 3/21

World Down Syndrome Day Logo          

 
Down Syndrome 50 Years On

On March 21st, 2009, World Down Syndrome Day will mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Professor Jerome Lejeune's discovery of the extra copy of chromosome 21 which causes Down Syndrome. 

Now known as trisomy-21 because of the third copy of the 21st chromosome, Down Syndrome was first described by the English doctor, John Langdon Down, in 1866 but until Professor Lejeune's publication in 1959, the ultimate cause of Down Syndrome was unknown.

Aim High Enough

Read more here
Love,
signature.gif

Posted in Down syndrome | Permalink

Comments

Post a comment