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Jul 05, 1964 Leskovac, Jablanica District, Serbia 59 years old
Serbian geneticist
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About Miodrag Stojkovi
- Miodrag Stojkovic (Serbian: ??????? ?????????) (born July 5, 1964 in Leskovac, Serbia, then Yugoslavia) is a Serbian researcher in genetics with the Institute of Human Genetics at Newcastle University.
- He holds a PhD from the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich.
- As of January 2006, he is serving as a Deputy Director and Head of Cellular Reprogramming Laboratory, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, Spain. According to TIME magazine, Stojkovic caused a controversy after an attempt to create human embryos by injecting a patient's own DNA into an ovum with the genetic material removed.
- He hopes to harvest stem cells—which can develop into almost any organ—and coax them to produce insulin in diabetics.
- This research could lead to a cure for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and heart disease.[1] On the German TV show "Menschen bei Maischberger" (June 2006), he claimed that stem cell therapy would allow paraplegic patients to walk in three years.
