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 ...

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 ...

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) – a condition ...

James Harrison, the Australian blood donor with rare plasma, known as the "Man with the Golden Arm," has died at 88.

James Harrison, a prolific Australian blood donor famed for having saved the lives of more than two million babies, has died at age 88.Harrison, whose plasma<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

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 ...

Harrison's plasma contained the rare antibody Anti-D, also known as Rhesus D antibody, which is used to make the medication given to mothers whose blood is at risk of attacking their fetuses. He ...

On February 17, 2025, the world bid farewell to an unsung hero, James Harrison, also fondly called the "Man with the Golden Arm." He lived for 88 years.

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. The condition develops when a pregnant ...

But as fortune would have it, Harrison carried a rare antibody in his plasma known as anti-D. Our red blood cells can carry a certain protein on their surface known as rhesus (RhD). When a ...