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The NHS has begun using blood plasma donated by Brits for the first time in 27 years, after a ban introduced during the mad ...

An Australian man credited with saving 2.4 million babies through his record-breaking blood plasma donations over six decades has died at 88, his family said. James Harrison, a retired state railway ...

“He always said it does not hurt, and the life you save could be your own.” Harrison’s rare antibodies were crucial in developing Anti-D, the treatment that has protected millions of newborns from ...

This made his blood invaluable in the fight against haemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN), a condition that can occur when an Rh(D) negative mother carries an Rh(D) positive baby. Without ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian man credited with saving 2.4 million babies through his record-breaking blood plasma donations over six decades, has died aged 88, his family said on Tuesday.

Objective Pneumococcal infection is a leading cause of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) and is potentially vaccine preventable. Published data suggest high mortality and poor renal outcomes. The ...

Harrison's plasma contained a rare and precious antibody called anti-D, which was discovered in the mid-1960s. It is used in ...

Anti-D jabs protect unborn babies from a deadly blood disorder called haemolytic disease of the foetus and newborn, or HDFN. The condition occurs at pregnancy when the mother's red blood cells are ...

The repeated loss of consciousness was due to acute blood loss resulting from warm autoimmune haemolytic anaemia (AIHA). AIHA can be primary or secondary to an underlying disease that compromises ...