Min Chueh Chang - Worcester Foundation For Experimental Biology

Worcester Foundation For Experimental Biology

Near the end of World War II in March 1945, Chang arrived at the recently founded Worcester Foundation of Experimental Biology in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, just outside Worcester on a fellowship granted to him by Gregory Pincus to learn the technique of in vitro fertilisation. It was apparent that they worked very well together and Chang would eventually spend the rest of his career at the foundation, researching mammalian fertilisation. Funds became increasingly available for research on reproduction after the middle of the century, and the foundation attracted a number of talented scientists. Chang was on hand to guide and advise these individuals who would later become leaders in the field of reproduction. It was also at the foundation that Chang's work which contributed to the development of the oral contraceptive made him one of the co-founders of the combined oral contraceptive pill.