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Place of Birth: Shantou, Guangdong, China
About Thomas Chang
- For the article about an American reproductive biologist see Thomas S.
- K.
- ChangThomas Ming Swi Chang, (born 8 April 1933) is a Canadian physician, medical scientist, and inventor. In 1957, while an undergraduate at McGill University he invented the world's first artificial cell.
- Working with improvised materials like perfume atomizers inside his dorm room turned laboratory, Chang managed to create a permeable plastic sack that would effectively carry haemoglobin almost as effectively as a natural blood cell.
- He went on to complete his B.Sc.
- (1957), M.D.
- (1961), and Ph.D (1965) degrees at McGill.
- Chang's career continued as founder and Director of the Artificial Cells and Organs Research Centre and Professor of Physiology, Medicine & Biomedical Engineering in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University.In the late 1960s he discovered enzymes carried by artificial cells could correct some metabolic disorders and also developed charcoal-filled cells to treat drug poisoning.
- His work on finding a safe blood substitute brought him to prominence in the 1980s and 1990s, earning him an Order of Canada.
- The Canadian Academy of Health Sciences states, "Dr.
- Chang’s original ideas were years ahead of the modern era of nanotechnology, regenerative medicine, gene therapy, stem cell/cell therapy and blood substitutes.
- Evidence of his stature within the international scientific community was confirmed by two nominations for the Nobel Prize".In 2011, Dr.
- Chang was voted the winner of the Greatest McGillian contest organized by the McGill Alumni Association for McGill's 190th anniversary.
- Dr.
- Chang has remained resolutely focused on science, and largely indifferent to the commercial aspects of his work.
- “To me as a scientist what is most important is what is most useful to the patient, not what is good for your reputation or what pays the most money.
- The sick patient should be the most important stimulus for our work.”
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