{"id":201910,"date":"2026-02-19T17:52:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=201910"},"modified":"2026-02-21T20:29:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T18:29:52","slug":"departure-of-a-serbian-genius-from-chicago-dr-ljubomir-djordjevic-the-scientist-who-invented-artificial-blood-has-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/departure-of-a-serbian-genius-from-chicago-dr-ljubomir-djordjevic-the-scientist-who-invented-artificial-blood-has-passed-away\/","title":{"rendered":"DEPARTURE OF A SERBIAN GENIUS FROM CHICAGO: Dr. Ljubomir Djordjevic, the scientist who invented artificial blood, has passed away!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>The famous scientist of Serbian origin, Ljubomir Djordjevic (94), passed away on Sunday, February 15, Serbian Times has learned.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prof. Dr. Ljubomir Djordjevic was one of our most significant scientists in the diaspora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His revolutionary work in the field of artificial blood (hemoglobin replacement) was a subject of admiration in world medical circles for decades, and due to the significance of his patents, he was often mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel Prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His research in Chicago directly influenced the saving of human lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The world scientific community has lost a giant, and the Serbian community in Chicago, all of America, and the motherland has lost one of its brightest representatives and ambassadors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The funeral of Mr. Djordjevic will take place on Saturday, February 21, 2026, in Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/by-order-of-donald-trump-america-is-putting-pressure-on-nato-to-withdraw-its-army-from-kosovo-and-metohija\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">BY ORDER OF DONALD TRUMP: America is putting pressure on NATO to withdraw its army from Kosovo and Metohija!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/the-most-mysterious-place-in-serbia-the-holy-hill-of-magura-hides-secrets-of-ancient-rituals-that-have-confused-experts-for-centuries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">THE MOST MYSTERIOUS PLACE IN SERBIA: The holy hill of Magura hides secrets of ancient rituals that have confused experts for centuries!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/masons-in-chicago-said-no-to-kosovo-the-serbian-masonic-lodge-fought-to-ensure-the-kosovo-lodge-does-not-receive-recognition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MASONS IN CHICAGO SAID \u201cNO\u201d TO KOSOVO: The Serbian masonic lodge fought to ensure the Kosovo lodge does not receive recognition!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/serbian-diplomats-prevented-a-scandal-in-vienna-kurtis-ambassador-wore-the-kla-symbol-immediately-sanctioned-by-the-un\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">SERBIAN DIPLOMATS PREVENTED A SCANDAL IN VIENNA: Kurti\u2019s ambassador wore the KLA symbol, immediately sanctioned by the UN!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/after-a-decade-on-the-brink-of-extinction-the-eastern-imperial-eagle-has-returned-to-serbia-here-is-how-many-of-them-are-in-our-sky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">AFTER A DECADE ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION: The eastern imperial eagle has returned to Serbia, here is how many of them are in our sky!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Author<\/strong>: Antonije Kova\u010devi\u0107 <strong>Photo<\/strong>: Privatna arhiva<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The famous scientist of Serbian origin, Ljubomir Djordjevic (94), passed away on Sunday, February 15, Serbian Times has learned. Prof. Dr. Ljubomir Djordjevic was one of our most significant scientists in the diaspora. His revolutionary work in the field of artificial blood (hemoglobin replacement) was a subject of admiration in world medical circles for decades, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":201912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[71,11392,23,825,4040,113,295],"class_list":["post-201910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diaspora","tag-amerika","tag-ljubomir-djordjevic","tag-sad","tag-srbi-u-americi","tag-srbi-u-cikagu","tag-srbija","tag-srpska-dijaspora","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201910"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202210,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201910\/revisions\/202210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}