Thomas Chang
Thomas Ming Swi Chang, (born 8 April 1933) is a Chinese-born Canadian inventor, physician, and physiologist.While an undergraduate at McGill University in 1957, Chang 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., C.M. (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. He was nominated twice 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. Provided by Wikipedia
-
1
-
2
-
3
-
4
-
5
-
6
-
7by Ju-Pi Li, Ming-Ju Hsieh, Ying-Erh Chou, Yu-Hua Chao, Thomas Chang-Yao Tsao, Shun-Fa YangGet full text
Published 2020-04-01
Article -
8by Tu-Chen Liu, Ming-Ju Hsieh, Ming-Che Liu, Whei-Ling Chiang, Thomas Chang-Yao Tsao, Shun-Fa YangGet full text
Published 2016-05-01
Article -
9by Yao-Chen Wang, Shih-Ming Tsao, Yia-Ting Li, Chia-Yi Lee, Thomas Chang-Yao Tsao, Ming-Ju Hsieh, Shun-Fa YangGet full text
Published 2021-03-01
Article -
10by Deborah Charych, Samira Khalili, Vidula Dixit, Peter Kirk, Thomas Chang, John Langowski, Werner Rubas, Stephen K Doberstein, Michael Eldon, Ute Hoch, Jonathan ZalevskyGet full text
Published 2017-01-01
Article -
11by Vignesh Sundar, XiaoMin Yang, Yang Liu, Zhengkun Dai, Bing Zhou, Jingxi Zhu, Kim Lee, Thomas Chang, David Laughlin, Jian-Gang (Jimmy) ZhuGet full text
Published 2017-02-01
Article -
12
-
13
-
14
-
15by Ya-Yen Yu, Hui-Ling Chiou, Shih-Ming Tsao, Chen-Cheng Huang, Chih-Yun Lin, Chia-Yi Lee, Thomas Chang-Yao Tsao, Shun-Fa Yang, Yi-Wen HuangGet full text
Published 2020-04-01
Article -
16
-
17by Jer-Hwa Chang, Tsung-Ching Lai, Po-Jen Yang, Pei-Chun Shih, Yi-Chieh Yang, Kai-Ling Lee, Tu-Chen Liu, Thomas Chang-Yao Tsao, Shun-Fa Yang, Ming-Hsien ChienGet full text
Published 2020-10-01
Article -
18by Po-Jen Yang, Ming-Ju Hsieh, Chun-I Lee, Chi-Hua Yen, Hsiang-Ling Wang, Whei-Ling Chiang, Tu-Chen Liu, Thomas Chang-Yao Tsao, Chia-Yi Lee, Shun-Fa YangGet full text
Published 2020-10-01
Article -
19by Kai-Ling Lee, Tsung-Ching Lai, Yao-Chen Wang, Pei-Chun Shih, Yi-Chieh Yang, Thomas Chang-Yao Tsao, Tu-Chen Liu, Yu-Ching Wen, Lun-Ching Chang, Shun-Fa Yang, Ming-Hsien ChienGet full text
Published 2021-03-01
Article -
20by Peter Kirk, Murali Addepalli, Thomas Chang, Palakshi Obalapur, Peiwen Kuo, Phi Quach, Jonathan Zalevsky, Rhoneil Pena, Saul Kivimae, Werner Rubas, Takahiro Miyazaki, Loui Madakamutil, Mekhala Maiti, Marlene Hennessy, Sara Sheibani, Joanna Wilczek, Janet Cetz, Andrew Moffett, Yinyan Tang, Jicai Huang, Dawei ShengGet full text
Published 2021-05-01
Article