Miodrag Stojković, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Miodrag Stojković

Serbian geneticist

Date of Birth: 05-Jul-1964

Place of Birth: Leskovac, Jablanica District, Serbia

Profession: veterinarian, biologist, geneticist

Nationality: Serbia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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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.