13May/18

For Six Decades, ‘The Man With The Golden Arm’ Donated Blood – And Saved 2.4 Million Babies – NDTV


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For Six Decades, ‘The Man With The Golden Arm’ Donated Blood – And Saved 2.4 Million Babies
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Before long, researchers had developed an injection called Anti-D using plasma from Harrison’s donated blood. The first dose was given to a pregnant woman at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in 1967, according to Robyn Barlow, the Rh program coordinator …
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Australian blood donor retires after saving 2.4 million babiesSky News
An 81-year-old man has ‘retired’ after 1173 blood donations that saved 2.4 million babies — here’s why his blood is INSIDER
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13May/18

Kirtland mother helps saves lives through donating, raising awareness about the Cleveland Cord Blood Center – News-Herald.com

Kirtland mother helps saves lives through donating, raising awareness about the Cleveland Cord Blood Center
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“Her first transplant was from a sibling and the second was a cord blood transplant from an unrelated donor and it saved her life. Now she is a very healthy teenager. So, there was no reason for me not to donate it to help someone else.“ Executive

12May/18

For six decades, ‘the man with the golden arm’ donated blood — and saved 2.4 million babies – Washington Post


Washington Post

For six decades, ‘the man with the golden arm’ donated blood — and saved 2.4 million babies
Washington Post
In 1951, a 14-year-old Australian boy named James Harrison awoke from a major chest operation. Doctors had removed one of his lungs in a procedure that had taken several hours — and would keep him hospitalized for three months. But Harrison was alive …
An 81-year-old man has ‘retired’ after 1173 blood donations that saved 2.4 million babies — here’s why his blood is INSIDER
Australian blood donor retires after saving 2.4 million babiesSky News
Man who helped save more than 2 million babies gives final blood donationCBS News
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12May/18

Garden Prairie living organ donor honors mother’s memory by raising awareness – Rockford Register Star


Rockford Register Star

Garden Prairie living organ donor honors mother’s memory by raising awareness
Rockford Register Star
Jordan, who received a liver transplant in November 2006, said she began participating in the games to honor her deceased donor, whose family she’s never met, and to give back to the community. At past events she received gold medals in doubles bowling …