Harrison’s blood contained a rare antibody known as Anti-D, which can be used to make medication to give to pregnant women with rhesus disease. Rhesus disease isn’t harmful to the mother ...

James Harrison, whose blood contained a rare antibody used to make lifesaving medication, is credited with saving the lives ...

James Harrison died at Peninsula Village Nursing Home in his native Australia on Feb. 17, the Australian Red Cross blood service Lifeblood announced on Saturday, March 1.

James Harrison gave his blood plasma more than 1,100 times to produce ‘anti-D’ medication for James Harrison, known in ...

By donating blood over 1,100 times, James Harrison helped develop Anti-D, a life-saving treatment for newborns at risk of Rhesus disease ...

RhIG is a sterile solution that contains immunoglobulin G anti-D antibodies. It is tested for hepatitis C, hepatitis B, parvovirus B19, and HIV, processed via cold ethanol fractionation or the ion ...

Anti-D is used in medications to prevent Rhesus disease, which is referred to as a life-threatening disorder when a pregnant woman’s blood is incompatible with that of their unborn child ...

His plasma contained a rare antibody, known as Anti-D, used to make a medication for mothers whose blood was at risk of attacking their unborn babies - known as rhesus D haemolytic disease of the ...

Hailing from New South Wales, James Harrison is among the very few people in Australia to have as much Anti-D needed for donation which have played a significant role to cure Rhesus disease ...

Passive anti-D immune globulin administered to prevent anti-D antibody formation in RhD-negative women who carry and are exposed to RhD-positive fetal RBCs; once called Rh "sensitization," this is ...

An Australian known as the "Man with the Golden Arm" for protecting 2.4 million babies with his rare, antibody-rich blood plasma, has died at 88, health officials say.

Harrison’s rare antibodies were crucial in developing Anti-D, the treatment that has protected millions of newborns from Rhesus disease (or Haemolytic Disease of the Foetus and Newborn ...