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Mirko Beljanski, PhD. ©The Beljanski Foundation, Inc

Mirko Beljanski: Early Life

Mirko Beljanski was born in 1923 in a small village in former Yugoslavia called Turija.

At age 25, he immigrated to France where he remained the rest of his life. After receiving his PhD in Molecular Biology from the Sorbonne in Paris, he was accepted in 1951 as a biologist and researcher with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS – French equivalent to the NIH) to work at the prestigious Pasteur Institute in Paris.

Dr. Beljanski was one of the first molecular biologists to study RNA, which plays a dynamic role in cell regulation. In 1960, he was awarded the Charles Léopold Mayer prize after having spent two years at NYU Medical School (1956-1958) working with Nobel Prize winner Professor Severo Ochoa.

For almost 50 years, he studied DNA and RNA biology and made numerous discoveries. For example, he found that reverse transcriptases exist not only in viruses, but also in other types of organisms, including bacteria, fungus, and fish.

Central Dogma of Molecular Biology

Within the scientific community at the time, the difference between normal and cancerous DNA was considered to be caused by mutations, meaning alterations of the DNA’s primary structure. This explanation is still held to be true though the focus today is on oncogenes as their harmful activity is considered to derive from mutations that have occurred in normal proto-oncogenes. In contrast, Mirko Beljanski demonstrated that the fundamental difference between normal and cancer DNA really lies in its secondary structure: the cancer DNA double helix is permanently opened over large areas, whereas in normal DNA, relaxation only occurs locally and temporarily for replication or gene expression.

Unregulated strand separation, and the ensuing replication and gene expression due to newly exposed initiation sites, account for the characteristic properties of the cancer cell, namely its enhanced multiplication and spurious protein synthesis.

Unfortunately, Dr. Beljanski was forced to leave the Pasteur Institute as his innovative ideas drastically conflicted with the Institute’s new director, Jacques Monod. Passionate about these findings, Mirko Beljanski continued his work at the Chatenay-Malabry School of Pharmacy where he benefited from his knowledge of cellular regulation to design supplements capable of helping people without harmful side effects.

In 1988, by then officially retired, Mirko Beljanski created his own Centre de Recherche Biologique (CERBIOL) in Saint Prim, close to Lyon, where he perfected his extracts and continued to publish. He published a total of 133 scientific papers, wrote 2 books, and filed 11 patents over his lifetime.

Broken DNA

A Natural Approach to Cancer

The Work of Mirko Beljanski, PhD, Explained by John Hall, PhD

Join Dr. John Hall, Director of Research at The Beljanski Foundation, for A Natural Approach to Cancer—a webinar uncovering the groundbreaking discoveries of Dr. Mirko Beljanski. This webinar explains how environmental toxins destabilize the physical structure of DNA, the effects of carcinogenic substances on the human body at the cellular level, and the promising potential of natural extracts to selectively target destabilized DNA.This webinar will empower everyone concerned with cancer and a MUST-WATCH for all healthcare professionals seeking innovative, science-backed approaches to cancer prevention and treatment.

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