Australian Man Whose Blood Donations Saved Millions Dies Age 88
An Australian man who donated blood plasma every three weeks for the past 70 years has died at the age of 88. James Harrison had an antibody in his blood that is used to create the Anti-D injection that routinely stops the immune systems of women with rhesus-negative blood from attacking their unborn rhesus-positive children.
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James Harrison, the Australian whose plasma donations saved 2.4 million babies, dies at 88Despite his aversion to needles, he made 1,173 donations since he turned 18 in 1954 until he was forced to retire in 2018 at the age of 81. In Australia, he is a hero, but in Europe, few know James ...
Australian medical officials said the railway clerk helped save 2.4 million babies by donating the rare antibodies in his blood every two weeks for over 60 years.
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