Man With Rare Blood That Saved 2.4 Million Babies Dies at 88

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▲ Click above to subscribe   点击上方蓝字关注我们 An Australian man credited with saving more than 2 million babies through decades of regular blood and plasma donations has died at age 88. ▲Australian blood donor James Harrison. James Harrison, whose blood contained a rare antibody, died in his sleep on Feb. 17 at a nursing home in the Australian state of New South Wales, according to the Australian Red Cross Blood Service, also known as Lifeblood. The antibody in Harrison’s blood was used to make the medication anti-D, which is given to pregnant women whose blood might attack their unborn babies. Without it, babies may develop hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN), a blood disorder that can be fatal. Despite an aversion to needles, Harrison began donating in 1954 at age 18, keeping a promise he made at 14 when he received life-saving blood transfusions as part of a major surgery. A decade later, it was found that his blood contained an antibody essentia ………………………………