Saturday, March 8, 2025

"James Harrison, blood donor whose rare plasma saved millions of babies, dead at 88 "| CNN

https://lite.cnn.com/2025/03/03/health/james-harrison-blood-donor-death-scli-intl/index.html 


 "Harrison, whose plasma contained a "rare and precious antibody" known as Anti-D, donated blood more than 1,100 times, according to Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, which confirmed his death in a statement published Saturday.

Harrison, who was known as the "Man with the Golden Arm," died in his sleep at a nursing home north of Sydney on February 17, according to the statement.

Anti-D is used to make a medication administered to pregnant mothers whose blood would attack their unborn babies' blood cells, known as rhesus disease..."