Australian Man’s Blood Credited With Saving More Than Two Million Babies
- 9 years ago
James Harrison of Australia has been credited with the survival of more than two million babies after regularly donating his blood which contains antibodies against the potentially deadly rhesus disease.
One man is thought to have saved more than two million lives, and it all has to do with his blood.
Seventy-eight year old James Harrison is one of at most 50 people in Australia whose blood contains antibodies that can help fight off rhesus disease in unborn babies.
It is a condition that’s a threat in about 17 percent of pregnancies, and results in the expecting woman’s blood antibodies attacking her fetus’s blood cells.
The antibodies in Harrison’s blood is a vital component of the Anti
One man is thought to have saved more than two million lives, and it all has to do with his blood.
Seventy-eight year old James Harrison is one of at most 50 people in Australia whose blood contains antibodies that can help fight off rhesus disease in unborn babies.
It is a condition that’s a threat in about 17 percent of pregnancies, and results in the expecting woman’s blood antibodies attacking her fetus’s blood cells.
The antibodies in Harrison’s blood is a vital component of the Anti