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Thomas Ming Swi Chang, OC (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. Often often worked from his dormitory in McGill's Douglas Hall, using improvised materials like perfume atomizers. Ultimately, Chang managed to create a permeable plastic sack that would effectively carry haemoglobin almost as effectively as a natural blood cell.[1] He went on to complete his B.Sc. (1957), M.D., C.M. (1961), and Ph.D (1965) degrees at McGill.[2] 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.[1] 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

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